Table 4.
Practice items with percentage of responses
| Item | Description | Always n (%) |
Often n (%) |
Sometimes n (%) |
Seldom n (%) |
Never n (%) |
| P1 | I apply evidence-based medicine in practice. | 7 (3.1) | 101 (44.9) | 99 (44.0) | 16 (7.1) | 2 (0.9) |
| P2 | I use multiple search engines for systematic review. | 10 (4.4) | 64 (28.4) | 107 (47.6) | 35 (15.6) | 9 (4.0) |
| P3 | I search for evidence-based medicine material from published journals only. | 12 (5.3) | 58 (25.8) | 98 (43.6) | 51 (22.7) | 6 (2.7) |
| P4 | I do not have enough time to study on evidence-based medicine. | 32 (14.2) | 51 (22.7) | 120 (53.3) | 19 (8.0) | 4 (1.8) |
| P5 | I cannot practise evidence-based medicine due to limitations of the management that I can offer to patients in clinical settings. | 45 (20.0) | 79 (35.1) | 84 (37.3) | 15 (6.7) | 2 (0.9) |
| P6 | I use evidence-based medicine for answering the questions in clinical setting. | 28 (12.4) | 105 (46.7) | 82 (36.4) | 9 (4.0) | 1 (0.4) |
| P7 | I join continuous medical education for an update regarding evidence-based medicine. | 35 (15.6) | 73 (32.4) | 74 (32.9) | 30 (13.3) | 13 (5.8) |
| P8 | I promote evidence-based practice to my colleagues at the workplace. | 19 (8.4) | 75 (33.3) | 68 (30.2) | 40 (17.8) | 23 (10.2) |
| P9 | I share my knowledge on evidence-based medicine with my colleagues. | 18 (8.0) | 81 (36.0) | 81 (36.0) | 32 (14.2) | 13 (5.8) |
| P10 | I am involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines in Malaysia. | 6 (2.7) | 19 (8.4) | 24 (10.7) | 18 (8.0) | 158 (70.2) |
| P11 | I usually translate a clinical question into a form that can be answered from the literature. | 6 (2.7) | 21 (9.3) | 75 (33.3) | 54 (24.0) | 69 (30.7) |