Table 3 EBPAS subscales, item means, standard deviations, item–average correlations, and Cronbach’s alpha for acceptability of PreVent intervention among midwives at Kisenyi Health facility

1. Requirements

17

11

0.22

Agency (institution regulations) required

4.7

0.5

1

Supervisor required

1

0

0.22

State (country regulation) required

2.8

1.2

1

2. Appeal

26

5.4

− 0.07

Intervention makes sense

5

0

0

intuitively appealing

4.7

0.5

− 0.46

Colleagues happy with the intervention

4.7

0.5

0

Enough training

3

3.7

0.25

3. Openness

22.5

8.5

− 0.02

Will follow intervention manual

4.7

0.5

− 0.18

Intervention developed by researchers

4.7

0.5

− 0.04

Like new intervention types

4

0.9

0.19

Interventions are different than usual

1.7

0.8

− 0.06

4. Divergence

9

2.8

0.27

Research based interventions are not useful

1.2

0.4

0.06

Would not use manualized intervention

2.2

1.3

0.92

Current clinical practice more important

1.5

0.8

0.05

I know better than researchers

1.2

0.4

0.06

EBPAS total

18.7

9.4

0.17