Table 3.
Responses regarding sources of the evidence (No., %)
| Question | Family medicine specialist | Family doctor | Total | P-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you have an access to Cochrane library? | ||||
| Yes, at home | 20 (66.7) | 10 (33.3) | 30 (12.6) | 0.007 |
| Yes, at my medical office | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 15 (6.3) | |
| Yes, both at home and at my medical office | 28 (84.8) | 5 (15.2) | 33 (13.9) | |
| No | 87 (54.4) | 73 (45.6) | 160 (67.2) | |
| Do you use online sources of medical information available through online journals and guidelines made by medical associations of interest? | ||||
| Yes | 141 (62.7) | 84 (37.3) | 225 (94.9) | 0.145 |
| No | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 12 (5.1) | |
| In last three months, how many times have you used an original research from a medical journal to solve a problem in your clinical practice? | ||||
| Not even once | 23 (47.9) | 25 (52.1) | 48 (21.1) | 0.121 |
| Once | 57 (64.8) | 31 (35.2) | 88 (38.8) | |
| 2–3 times | 46 (68.7) | 21 (31.3) | 67 (29.%) | |
| 4 times or more | 16 (66.7) | 8 (33.3) | 24 (10.6) | |
| Original articles published in high-impact journals | ||||
| Not useful | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.%) | 8 (3.6) | 0.131 |
| Useful | 70 (57.4) | 52 (42.6) | 122 (54.2) | |
| Very useful | 63 (66.3) | 32 (37.6) | 95 (42.2) | |
| Online sources that provide summaries of important research that is relevant for your field (EBM, Bandolier, POEMS) | ||||
| Not useful | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (4.1) | 0.414 |
| Useful | 60 (57.1) | 45 (42.9) | 105 (47.3) | |
| Very useful | 71 (65.7) | 37 (34.3) | 108 (48.6) | |
| Systematic reviews or meta-analysis (for example: Cochrane Library) | ||||
| Not useful | 8 (72.2) | 3 (27.3) | 11 (4.9) | 0.461 |
| Useful | 63 (58.9) | 44 (41.4) | 107 (48) | |
| Very useful | 69 (65.7) | 36 (34.3) | 105 (47.1) | |
| Clinical guidelines that are founded on EBM | ||||
| Not useful | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 4 (1.8) | 0.742 |
| Useful | 41 (63.4) | 28 (40.6) | 69 (30.5) | |
| Very useful | 97 (63.4) | 56 (36.%) | 153 (67.7) | |
| Access to MEDLINE in your office | ||||
| Not useful | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | 11 (5) | 0.483 |
| Useful | 60 (58.8) | 42 (41.2) | 102 (45.9) | |
| Very useful | 72 (66.1) | 37 (33.9) | 109 (49.1) | |
| A librarian that performs literature search on certain topic of interest, per my request | ||||
| Not useful | 38 (64.4) | 21 (35.6) | 59 (27.1) | 0.704 |
| Useful | 70 (61.9) | 43 (38.1) | 113 (51.8) | |
| Very useful | 26 (56.5) | 20 (43.5) | 46 (21.1) | |
| Editorial of a Journal that sends me an article per my request | ||||
| Not useful | 25 (56.8) | 19 (43.2) | 44 (20) | 0.252 |
| Useful | 88 (66.7) | 44 (33.3) | 132 (60) | |
| Very useful | 24 (54.5) | 20 (45.5) | 44 (20) | |
| Seminars and workshops for family medicine doctors about literature search and critical appraisal of evidence | ||||
| Not useful | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 9 (4) | 0.903 |
| Useful | 78 (62.9) | 46 (37.1) | 124 (55.1) | |
| Very useful | 58 (63) | 34 (37) | 92 (40.9) | |
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