Table 3. Frequency distributions on ten statements about EBM.

	n	1	2	3	4	5
EBM helps physicians towards better practice	943	0.1	1.9	18.2	48.8	31.0
EBM is in favour of Health Care Authorities	940	5.3	20.9	42.4	24.1	7.2
EBM is against the pharmaceutical industry	939	13.0	34.7	40.3	9.6	2.4
EBM restrains the development of high tech medicine	935	24.2	40.5	27.7	6.2	1.4
EBM is a cost containment tool	939	8.0	19.7	37.9	29.1	5.3
EBM improves patients' health	942	1.6	9.2	37.4	42.4	9.4
It is difficult to use EBM principles in a busy clinical practice	943	11.8	30.6	34.6	19.7	3.3
It is difficult to search for EBM based information in a busy clinical practice	940	3.7	13.8	28.9	37.7	15.9
EBM ignores patients' values	936	6.0	19.2	47.4	22.3	5.0
EBM focuses on the “average patient”	943	10.2	30.5	35.6	20.1	3.5

Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Percent.