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Table 3 Responses regarding sources of the evidence (No., %)

From: Awareness, attitudes, barriers, and knowledge about evidence-based medicine among family physicians in Croatia: a cross-sectional study

Question

Family medicine specialist

Family doctor

Total

P-valuea

Do you have an access to Cochrane library?

 Yes, at home

20 (66.7)

10 (33.3)

30 (12.6)

0.007

 Yes, at my medical office

11 (73.3)

4 (26.7)

15 (6.3)

 Yes, both at home and at my medical office

28 (84.8)

5 (15.2)

33 (13.9)

 No

87 (54.4)

73 (45.6)

160 (67.2)

Do you use online sources of medical information available through online journals and guidelines made by medical associations of interest?

 Yes

141 (62.7)

84 (37.3)

225 (94.9)

0.145

 No

5 (41.7)

7 (58.3)

12 (5.1)

In last three months, how many times have you used an original research from a medical journal to solve a problem in your clinical practice?

 Not even once

23 (47.9)

25 (52.1)

48 (21.1)

0.121

 Once

57 (64.8)

31 (35.2)

88 (38.8)

 2–3 times

46 (68.7)

21 (31.3)

67 (29.%)

 4 times or more

16 (66.7)

8 (33.3)

24 (10.6)

Original articles published in high-impact journals

 Not useful

7 (87.5)

1 (12.%)

8 (3.6)

0.131

 Useful

70 (57.4)

52 (42.6)

122 (54.2)

 Very useful

63 (66.3)

32 (37.6)

95 (42.2)

Online sources that provide summaries of important research that is relevant for your field (EBM, Bandolier, POEMS)

 Not useful

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

9 (4.1)

0.414

 Useful

60 (57.1)

45 (42.9)

105 (47.3)

 Very useful

71 (65.7)

37 (34.3)

108 (48.6)

Systematic reviews or meta-analysis (for example: Cochrane Library)

 Not useful

8 (72.2)

3 (27.3)

11 (4.9)

0.461

 Useful

63 (58.9)

44 (41.4)

107 (48)

 Very useful

69 (65.7)

36 (34.3)

105 (47.1)

Clinical guidelines that are founded on EBM

 Not useful

3 (75)

1 (25)

4 (1.8)

0.742

 Useful

41 (63.4)

28 (40.6)

69 (30.5)

 Very useful

97 (63.4)

56 (36.%)

153 (67.7)

Access to MEDLINE in your office

 Not useful

6 (54.5)

5 (45.5)

11 (5)

0.483

 Useful

60 (58.8)

42 (41.2)

102 (45.9)

 Very useful

72 (66.1)

37 (33.9)

109 (49.1)

A librarian that performs literature search on certain topic of interest, per my request

 Not useful

38 (64.4)

21 (35.6)

59 (27.1)

0.704

 Useful

70 (61.9)

43 (38.1)

113 (51.8)

 Very useful

26 (56.5)

20 (43.5)

46 (21.1)

Editorial of a Journal that sends me an article per my request

 Not useful

25 (56.8)

19 (43.2)

44 (20)

0.252

 Useful

88 (66.7)

44 (33.3)

132 (60)

 Very useful

24 (54.5)

20 (45.5)

44 (20)

Seminars and workshops for family medicine doctors about literature search and critical appraisal of evidence

 Not useful

5 (55.6)

4 (44.4)

9 (4)

0.903

 Useful

78 (62.9)

46 (37.1)

124 (55.1)

 Very useful

58 (63)

34 (37)

92 (40.9)

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