Table 6.

Predictors for including EBM in daily clinical practice analyzed by binomial logistic regression analysis (n = 300).

Background Characteristics	Total	EBM in Clinical Practice
		Never/ Sometimes (n = 145)	Daily (n = 155)	Adjusted OR/β *	95% CI of OR/β	p-Value
Age in years
>45	86	32	54	Ref
31–45	124	74	50	2.11	1.65–2.73	0.001 **
≤30	90	39	51	1.29	1.08–1.52	0.028 **
Gender
Male	189	95	94	Ref
Female	111	50	61	0.9	0.53–1.52	0.697
Physicians’ nationality
Saudi	165	67	68	Ref
Non-Saudi	135	78	87	1.02	0.63–1.67	0.535
Highest qualification
Bachelor	130	58	72	Ref
Masters (MD/MS)	102	53	49	1.15	0.53–2.52	0.731
Saudi Board and Fellowship	68	34	34	1.03	0.47–2.18	0.447
Current position
Resident	142	64	78	Ref
Specialist	95	48	47	1.12	0.57–2.18	0.746
Consultant	63	33	30	1.05	0.51–1.97	0.889
PHC Work experience
Up to 5 years	114	45	69	Ref
6 to 10 years	96	43	53	0.84	0.43–1.65	0.612
More than 10 years	90	57	33	0.57	0.39–0.71	0.007 **
EBM Training in the last 5 years
No	115	71	44	Ref
Yes	185	74	111	2.12	1.35–2.94	0.001 **

* Adjusted variables: age, gender, physicians’ nationality, qualification, current position, PHC work experience, EBM training in past 5 years; ** significant value at 0.05.