Table 3.
Knowledge and awareness regarding technical terms used in EBM (n = 300).
| Term | It May Not Be Useful for Me in Clinical Practice No (%) |
Do Not Understand but Have the Intention to Learn No (%) |
Some Interpretation No (%) |
Interpret and Could Describe to Others No (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative risk | 33 (11.0) | 34 (11.3) | 93 (31.0) | 140 (46.7) |
| Absolute risk | 17 (5.7) | 27 (9.0) | 104 (34.7) | 152 (50.7) |
| Systematic review | 27 (9.0) | 33 (11.0) | 155 (51.7) | 85 (28.3) |
| Odds ratio | 36 (12.0) | 48 (16.0) | 108 (36.0) | 108 (36.0) |
| Meta-analysis | 50 (16.7) | 40 (13.3) | 96 (32.0) | 114 (38.0) |
| Clinical effectiveness | 26 (8.7) | 64 (21.3) | 118 (39.3) | 92 (30.7) |
| Confidence interval | 35 (11.7) | 78 (26.0) | 93 (31.0) | 94 (31.3) |