Table 3.
Differences in respondents’ practices and perceptions by hospital IT score categories (n = 535)
| n (%) | Hospital IT score | p† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (0-3) n = 84 |
Medium (4-6) n = 247 |
High (7-10) n = 204 |
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| Available resources | ||||
| Use of private electronic devices such as desktop PC, notebook, tablet, or smartphone for daily practice | ||||
| Yes | 67 (17.1) | 183 (46.7) | 142 (36.2) | 0.193 |
| Subscription to paywalled medical databases | ||||
| English | 38 (12.8) | 126 (42.4) | 133 (44.8) | 0.001** |
| Japanese | 36 (13.4) | 118 (44.0) | 114 (42.5) | 0.081 |
| Obstacles to use practice guidelines | ||||
| Unable to access to information | 36 (15.4) | 113 (48.3) | 85 (36.3) | 0.674 |
| Unable to retrieve necessary information | 26 (15.1) | 79 (45.9) | 67 (39.0) | 0.950 |
| Education received | ||||
| Experience of education related to practice guidelines | ||||
| At workplace or at medical school | 48 (14.2) | 148 (43.8) | 142 (42.0) | 0.048* |
| Knowledge | ||||
| Knowledge of the national guideline network, ‘Minds’ | ||||
| Yes | 20 (13.6) | 82 (55.8) | 45 (30.6) | 0.022* |
| Attitude | ||||
| Major way to use practice guidelines | ||||
| Book | 46 (19.1) | 140 (44.4) | 116 (36.5) | 0.150 |
| Electronic | 55 (14.0) | 192 (48.7) | 147 (37.3) | 0.071 |
| Behaviour | ||||
| Frequency of using guidelines in daily practice | ||||
| At least once a week | 49 (14.8) | 158 (47.7) | 124 (37.5) | 0.604 |
| When to use CPGs | ||||
| For therapeutic decision making (Yes) | 74 (17.2) | 200 (46.4) | 157 (36.4) | 0.093 |
| To gain related knowledge (Yes) | 64 (17.1) | 177 (47.3) | 133 (35.6) | 0.129 |
| For shared decision-making with patients (Yes) | 18 (21.2) | 42 (49.4) | 25 (29.4) | 0.124 |
| Satisfaction | ||||
| Satisfied with their own hospital IT circumstances | ||||
| Yes | 38 (13.4) | 121 (42.8) | 124 (43.8) | 0.014* |
*P < 0.05
**P < 0.01
†Three groups were compared using chi-squared test