Table 2. Three principal components of attitudes towards EBM.
| Indifferent | Positive | Negative | |
| It is difficult to use EBM principles in a busy clinical practice | .73 | ||
| It is difficult to search for EBM based information in a busy clinical practice | .72 | ||
| EBM focuses on the “average patient” | .68 | ||
| EBM ignores patients' values | .67 | ||
| EBM helps physicians towards better practice | .71 | ||
| EBM improves patients' health | .71 | ||
| Cochrane reviews are the most reliable | .63 | ||
| EBM is in favour of Health Care Authorities | .68 | ||
| EBM is against the pharmaceutical industry | .68 | ||
| EBM is a cost containment tool | .62 | ||
| EBM restrains the development of high tech medicine | .51 |
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