Table 3.

Attitudes of doctors and nurses towards EBP

	Doctors Median (range)	Nurses Median (range)
Your current attitude towards EBP Least positive (0) to Extremely positive (100)	72.3 (49–97)	66.7 (55–85)
Attitude of your colleagues towards EBP Least positive (0) to Extremely positive (100)	61.0 (41–89)	48.0 (48–48)
How useful are research findings in daily practice? Useless (0) to Extremely useful (100)	80.0 (46–97)	62.0 (34–82)
What percentage of your clinical practice is evidence-based? 0% to 100%	52.6 (40–80)	44.9 (44–46)
Practicing EBP improves patient care Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	80.1 (52–97)	80.7 (74–87)
EBP is of limited value in clinical practice, because a scientific basis is lacking Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	36.3 (3–43)	48.3 (48–49)
Implementing EBP, however worthwhile as an ideal, places another demand on already overloaded surgeons/nurses Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	51.4 (37–56)	55.2 (17–61)
The amount of evidence is overwhelming Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	53.5 (50–57)	No data
EBP fails in practice Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	39.7 (15–84)	41.0 (39–63)
EBP is important for my profession Completely disagree (0) to Fully agree (100)	68.3 (52–95)	61.6 (30–93)

Scores can range from 0 to 100.

EBP, evidence-based practice.