Table 1.

Characteristics of survey participants

Characteristic	Category	n (%)
Region	The East	710 (41.0%)
	The Middle	361 (20.8%)
	The West	384 (22.2%)
	The Northeast	277 (16.0%)
Grade of hospitals	Tertiary hospital	498 (28.8%)
	Secondary hospital	1234 (71.2%)
Professional practice area	Oncology (including hemolymph neoplasm)	93 (5.7%)
	Stomatology/ophthalmology/otorhinolaryngology	85 (5.2%)
	Medicine	360 (22.0%)
	Surgery	256 (15.7)
	ICU or emergency	62 (3.8%)
	Anesthesia	72 (4.4%)
	Gynaecology/obstetrics	39 (2.4%)
	Traditional Chinese medicine	95 (5.8%)
	Pediatrics	108 (6.6%)
	Clinical pharmacy	157 (9.6%)
	Radiography or medical imaging	81 (5.0%)
	General practice or comprehensive health care	145 (8.9%)
	Nursing	83 (5.1%)
Years of practice		15.0 ± 10.3
Education background	PHD’s	180 (10.6%)
	Master’s	419 (24.7%)
	Bachelor’s	893 (52.5%)
	Junior college	208 (12.2%)
Professional title	Chief physician or professor of medicine	264 (16.5%)
	Associate senior doctor or associate chief physician or associate professor	369 (23.1%)
	Intermediate	526 (32.9%)
	Primary	440 (27.5%)
Have you ever received any EBM or related education in college	Yes	894 (54.3%)
	No	754 (45.8%)
Have you ever received any EBM or related education in work unit	Yes	1210 (73.1%)
	No	445 (26.9%)
Do you think high-quality guidelines provide basic guidance for clinical practice	Yes	1672 (97.4%)
	No	44 (2.6%)
Willing to acquire and study high quality guideline	Yes	1687 (98.2%)
	No	31 (1.8%)
Self-reported guideline adherence	Seldom	50 (2.9%)
	Sometimes	339 (19.9%)
	Frequently	1127 (66.2%)
	Very frequently	186 (10.9%)
Kind of guidelines used	Foreign guideline	199 (12.2%)
	Translated version from foreign guideline	425 (26.0%)
	Chinese version	1009 (61.8%)
Have you ever participated in the development of guidelines	Yes	251 (14.7%)
	No	1458 (85.3%)
If so, what role of participating in guideline development	Chairman	12 (11.0%)
	Final reviewer	33 (30.3%)
	Developer	36 (33.0%)
	Other	28 (25.7%)