Table 1.
Source use during EBM practice by occupational physicians (N = 36).
| Mean score (SD) | |
| Number of journal articles looked at or read thoroughly last monthto solve a case | 3.9 (6.4) |
| Number of hours spent reading professional literature last month to solve a case | 5.6 (7.8) |
| Proportion (%) of the articles read | |
| Read thoroughly | 20% |
| Skimmed | 25% |
| Read abstract only | 45% |
| Types of source used often or very often by OPs (%) to solve a case | |
| International journals: review articles | 41.6% |
| International journals: original research reports | 22.3% |
| National journals | 25.0% |
| Textbooks | 50.0% |
| Internet resources/computer databases | 69.4% |
| Guidelines | 58.3% |
| The Cochrane Library | 16.7% |
| Colleagues | 63.9% |