Research activities contributing to evidence-based practice implementation in Japanese rehabilitation professionals.

The sample is heavily skewed toward physical therapists (328 PTs vs 55 OTs vs 6 SLPs), so the results cannot be generalized to occupational or speech therapy professions. The statistical models had very low explanatory power (R-squared < 0.3), meaning these factors explain only a tiny fraction of why therapists engage in evidence-based practice. Research activity was self-reported and low overall, which may have made it hard to detect strong effects. The study is cross-sectional, so it cannot prove that doing research causes better evidence-based practice; therapists who are already good at EBP might simply be more likely to do research. Only 42.9% of eligible therapists responded, raising the possibility that those who answered are more interested in EBP than the average therapist.

The authors declared no conflicts of interest and no funding.

Do not conclude that doing research changes a therapist's attitude toward evidence-based practice. The study found no link between research activities and beliefs/attitudes, only between research activities and the practical implementation of EBP. Furthermore, because the sample was overwhelmingly physical therapists, you cannot apply these findings directly to occupational or speech therapy practice.