Utilization of research in acute care settings in Alberta (AKUTE)

The purpose of the study was to develop and pilot test a survey to measure organizational context and research utilization behaviours by point of care providers of healthcare and decision-makers. [...] The development and pilot testing of the ACT was necessary in order to undertake subsequent steps in the larger program of research. [...] The purpose of the AKUTE study was to develop and pilot test a survey to measure organizational context and research utilization behaviours by point of care providers of healthcare and decision-makers. [...] This report is the index product of AKUTE and will assist both further inquiries into the topic of the influence of context on research utilization in acute care settings, and act as a guide in the production of peer-reviewed publications, clinical papers and presentations from the study. [...] A diagrammatic representation of the ACT (as conceptualized) is located in Figure 1. In order to apply the PARiHS framework for the purpose for which we were using it and to incorporate the additional concepts identified above to an overall measure of organizational context, part of the ACT development included the development of summary templates for all identified concepts to be incorporated int