Table 9.
Enablers to EBP (n = 473)
|
1 Not useful n(%) |
2 Slightly useful n(%) |
3 Moderately useful n(%) |
4 Very useful n(%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to the Internet in your workplace | 21 (4.4) | 44 (9.3) | 120 (25.4) | 288 (60.9) |
| Access to free online databases in the workplace, such as Cochrane and PubMed | 16 (3.4) | 30 (6.3) | 103 (21.8) | 324 (68.5) |
| Free access to online databases that usually require license fees, such as MEDLINE and CINAHL | 19 (4) | 24 (5.1) | 112 (23.7) | 318 (67.2) |
| Ability to download full-text / full-length journal articles | 12 (2.5) | 29 (6.2) | 140 (29.6) | 292 (61.7) |
| Access to online education materials related to evidence based practice | 6 (1.3) | 21 (4.4) | 154 (32.5) | 292 (61.7) |
| Access to tools used to assist the critical appraisal / evaluation of research evidence | 6 (1.3) | 51 (10.8) | 187 (39.5) | 229 (48.4) |
| Access to critically appraised topics relevant to osteopathy (these are critical appraisals of single research papers) | 3 (0.6) | 32 (6.8) | 188 (39.7) | 250 (52.9) |
| Access to critical reviews of research evidence relevant to osteopathy (these are critical reviews of multiple research papers addressing a single topic) | 5 (1.1) | 19 (4) | 163 (34.4) | 286 (60.5) |
| Access to research rating tools that facilitate critical appraisal of single research papers | 6 (1.3) | 53 (11.2) | 179 (37.8) | 235 (49.7) |
| Access to online tools that assist you to conduct your own critical appraisals of multiple research papers related to a single topic | 10 (2.1) | 55 (11.6) | 164 (34.7) | 244 (51.6) |