Table 2.
Chiropractic attitudes towards evidence-based practice (n = 132)
| Strongly Disagree N (%) |
Disagree N (%) | Neutral N (%) | Agree N (%) | Strongly Agree N (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence-based practice is necessary in the practice of Chiropractic |
14 (10.6) |
1 (0.8) |
4 (3.0) |
44 (33.3) |
69 (52.3) |
| Professional literature (journals & textbooks) and research findings are useful in my day-to-day practice |
3 (2.3) |
3 (2.3) |
15 (11.4) |
63 (47.7) |
48 (36.4) |
| I am interested in learning or improving the skills necessary to incorporate evidence-based practice into my practice |
3 (2.3) |
3 (2.3) |
11 (8.3) |
53 (40.2) |
62 (47.0) |
| Evidence-based practice improves the quality of my patients’ care |
3 (2.3) |
3 (2.3) |
10 (7.6) |
52 (39.4) |
64 (48.5) |
| Evidence-based practice assists me in making decision about patient care |
3 (2.3) |
2 (1.5) |
11 (8.3) |
57 (43.2) |
59 (44.7) |
| Evidence-based practice takes into account my clinical experience when making clinical decisions |
4 (3.0) |
10 (7.6) |
16 (12.1) |
56 (42.4) |
46 (34.8) |
| Evidence-based practice takes into account patient preference for treatment |
5 (3.8) |
31 (23.5) |
33 (25) |
39 (29.5) |
24 (18.2) |
| The adoption of evidence-based practice places an unreasonable demand on my practice |
32 (24.2) |
49 (37.1) |
36 (27.3) |
12 (9.1) |
3 (2.3) |
Bold values indicate the highest number of responses for each item