| Evidence-based medicine among Jordanian family physicians: awareness, attitude, and knowledge. | |
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PMID: 19602641 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To assess family practitioners' attitudes toward and awareness of evidence-based medicine (EBM). DESIGN: A cross-sectional study from a questionnaire distributed between January and March 2007. SETTING: Rural and urban family medicine centres throughout Jordan that are affiliated with the Ministry of Health, military centres, university medical centres, and the private sector. PARTICPANTS: Two hundred family physicians. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Family physicians' attitudes toward EBM; training in EBM; barriers to practising EBM; level of awareness of and access to EBM journals and databases; and knowledge and understanding of related technical terms. RESULTS: The response rate was 70.5%. Among those who responded, 56.7% were women and 42.6% were between the ages of 40 and 49 years. More than 50% of the respondents were working in mixed urban and rural practice settings. Most of the respondents had a positive attitude toward EBM: 63.5% welcomed the concept of EBM; more than 40% used EBM in their daily practices; and 90% agreed that practising EBM improved patient care. Of the respondents, 42.6% thought that the best way to move from opinion-based medicine to EBM was through learning the skills of EBM. Fifty percent of the respondents had access to MEDLINE, while only 20.4% of them had received formal training in research and critical appraisal. Lack of personal time was the main perceived barrier to practising EBM. Participants reported a low level of awareness of some of the technical terms. CONCLUSION: Jordanian family physicians showed eagerness to learn and implement EBM in their daily practices. Nevertheless, they need more guidance and training to ensure the correct application of EBM ideals. |
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Farihan Barghouti; Lana Halaseh; Tania Said; Abdel Halim Mousa; Adel Dabdoub |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien Volume: 55 ISSN: 1715-5258 ISO Abbreviation: Can Fam Physician Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
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Created Date: 2009-07-15 Completed Date: 2009-12-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0120300 Medline TA: Can Fam Physician Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e6-13 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan. farihan0@mailcity.com |
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Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Evidence-Based Medicine / statistics & numerical data* Family Practice / methods, standards, statistics & numerical data Female Health Care Surveys Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Humans Jordan Male Middle Aged Needs Assessment Physicians, Family / statistics & numerical data* |
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