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. 2010 Apr;51(2):157–164. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.157

Table 4.

Responses regarding The Cochrane Library

Question No (%) of physicians from:
family medicine university hospitals
Did you hear about The Cochrane Collaboration?*


yes
60 (17.1)
113 (50.7)
no
290 (82.9)
110 (49.3)
Did you hear about The Cochrane Library?*


yes
69 (19.7)
123 (55.2)
no
281 (80.3)
100 (44.8)
Where did you get information about The Cochrane Library?


books
6 (1.7)
10 (4.5)
colleagues
40 (11.4)
22 (9.9)
research articles
11 (3,1)
22 (9.9)
leaflets of pharmaceutical companies
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
internet
4 (1.1)
21 (9.4)
other
6 (1.7)
5 (2.2)
Do you ever use The Cochrane Library?*


yes
16 (4.6)
42 (18.8)
no
334 (95.4)
181 (81.2)
Do you ever read systematic reviews in The Cochrane Library?*


yes
16 (4.6)
38 (17.0)
no
334 (95.4)
185 (83.0)
Do you mostly read summaries of Cochrane systematic reviews or full text?*


summaries
16 (4.6)
37 (16.6)
full text
0 (0.0)
5 (2.2)
From where do you access The Cochrane Library?


work
7 (2.0)
21 (9.4)
home
9 (2.6)
15 (6.7)
other
0 (0.0)
4 (1.8)
How often do you use The Cochrane Library?


fewer than once a month
3 (0.9)
20 (8.9)
once a month
6 (1.7)
12 (5.4)
several times (2,3) a month
7 (2.0)
10 (4.5)
once a week
0 (0.0)
3 (1.3)
several times a week
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Did The Cochrane Library help you in solving a problem in your practice?


not at all
1 (0.3)
9 (4)
very little
3 (0.9)
26 (11.7)
it helped me enough
11 (3.1)
0 (0.0)
very much
1 (0.3)
3 (1.3)
completely
0 (0.0)
1 (0.4)
Do you think that The Cochrane Library could help you solve problems that you encounter in your practice?*


yes
187 (53.4)
144 (64.6)
no
124 (35.4)
50 (22.4)
I do not know
12 (3.4)
8 (3.6)
Are you interested in methodology of making a Cochrane systematic review?


yes
96 (27.4)
75 (33.6)
no
254 (72.6)
148 (66.4)
Did you hear about the founding of a branch of The Cochrane Collaboration in Croatia?*


yes
32 (9.1)
83 (37.2)
no
318 (90.9)
140 (62.8)
Did you read summaries of Cochrane systematic reviews in Medical Gazette?*


yes
45 (12.9)
50 (22.4)
no
305 (87.1)
173 (77.6)
Do you recall any titles of Cochrane review summaries that were published in Liječničke Novine?


yes
2 (0.6)
4 (1.8)
no 43 (12.3) 46 (20.6)

*P < 0.01, χ2 test.