Table 2.

Responses regarding evidence-based medicine

Question/Statement	Family medicine specialist†	Family doctora	P-valueb
How would you describe your attitude towards the current promotion of evidence-based medicine?	5 (4–5)	5 (4–5)	0.396
How would you describe the attitude of most of your GP colleagues towards evidence-based medicine?	4 (3–4)	4 (3–4)	0.992
How useful are research findings in your day-to-day management of patients?	4 (4–5)	4 (4–5)	0.289
What percentage of your clinical practice do you feel is currently evidence-based?	70% (70–80%)	70% (60–80%)	0.203
Practicing evidence-based medicine improves patient care.	5 (4–5)	5 (4–5)	0.659
Evidence-based medicine is of limited value in general practice because much of primary care lacks a scientific base.	1 (1–3)	2 (1–3)	0.174
The adoption of EBM, however worthwhile as an ideal, places another demand on already overloaded GPs.	3 (2–4)	3 (2–4)	0.097

^aMedian (IQR)

^bMann-Whitney U test