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.