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Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study

AIM: To determine the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) information and the level of awareness and knowledge of EBM among patients in Croatia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 987 patients in 10 family medicine practices in Croatia. Patients from both urban (n = 496) and rural...

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Autores principales: Nejašmić, Danijel, Miošić, Ivana, Vrdoljak, Davorka, Permozer Hajdarović, Snježana, Tomičić, Marion, Gmajnić, Rudika, Lisica, Ines Diminić, Sironić, Jelena, Hreljanović, Pleh, Vlatka, Cerovečki, Venija, Tomljenović, Anita, Bekić, Sanja, Jerčić, Minka, Tuđa, Karla, Puljak, Livia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Medical Schools 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28857523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2017.58.300
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author Nejašmić, Danijel
Miošić, Ivana
Vrdoljak, Davorka
Permozer Hajdarović, Snježana
Tomičić, Marion
Gmajnić, Rudika
Lisica, Ines Diminić
Sironić, Jelena
Hreljanović,
Pleh, Vlatka
Cerovečki, Venija
Tomljenović, Anita
Bekić, Sanja
Jerčić, Minka
Tuđa, Karla
Puljak, Livia
author_facet Nejašmić, Danijel
Miošić, Ivana
Vrdoljak, Davorka
Permozer Hajdarović, Snježana
Tomičić, Marion
Gmajnić, Rudika
Lisica, Ines Diminić
Sironić, Jelena
Hreljanović,
Pleh, Vlatka
Cerovečki, Venija
Tomljenović, Anita
Bekić, Sanja
Jerčić, Minka
Tuđa, Karla
Puljak, Livia
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description AIM: To determine the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) information and the level of awareness and knowledge of EBM among patients in Croatia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 987 patients in 10 family medicine practices in Croatia. Patients from both urban (n = 496) and rural (n = 482) areas were surveyed. A 27-item questionnaire was used to collect data about sources that patients searched for medical information, patient awareness and use of Cochrane systematic reviews and other EBM resources, and their demographic characteristics. RESULTS: Half of the patients searched for medical information from sources other than physician. Internet was the most common place they searched for information. Very few patients indicated using EBM sources for medical information; one fifth of patients heard of EBM and 4% of the patients heard of the Cochrane Collaboration. Patients considered physician’s opinion as the most reliable source of medical information. A logistic regression model showed that educational level and urban vs rural residence were the predictors of awareness about EBM and systematic reviews (P < 0.001 for both). CONCLUSION: Our finding that patients consider a physician’s opinion to be the most reliable source of health-related information could be used for promotion of high-quality health information among patients. More effort should be devoted to the education of patients in rural areas and those with less formal education. New avenues for knowledge translation and dissemination of high-quality health information among patients are necessary.
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spelling pubmed-55776452017-09-06 Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study Nejašmić, Danijel Miošić, Ivana Vrdoljak, Davorka Permozer Hajdarović, Snježana Tomičić, Marion Gmajnić, Rudika Lisica, Ines Diminić Sironić, Jelena Hreljanović, Pleh, Vlatka Cerovečki, Venija Tomljenović, Anita Bekić, Sanja Jerčić, Minka Tuđa, Karla Puljak, Livia Croat Med J Public Health AIM: To determine the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) information and the level of awareness and knowledge of EBM among patients in Croatia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 987 patients in 10 family medicine practices in Croatia. Patients from both urban (n = 496) and rural (n = 482) areas were surveyed. A 27-item questionnaire was used to collect data about sources that patients searched for medical information, patient awareness and use of Cochrane systematic reviews and other EBM resources, and their demographic characteristics. RESULTS: Half of the patients searched for medical information from sources other than physician. Internet was the most common place they searched for information. Very few patients indicated using EBM sources for medical information; one fifth of patients heard of EBM and 4% of the patients heard of the Cochrane Collaboration. Patients considered physician’s opinion as the most reliable source of medical information. A logistic regression model showed that educational level and urban vs rural residence were the predictors of awareness about EBM and systematic reviews (P < 0.001 for both). CONCLUSION: Our finding that patients consider a physician’s opinion to be the most reliable source of health-related information could be used for promotion of high-quality health information among patients. More effort should be devoted to the education of patients in rural areas and those with less formal education. New avenues for knowledge translation and dissemination of high-quality health information among patients are necessary. Croatian Medical Schools 2017-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5577645/ /pubmed/28857523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2017.58.300 Text en Copyright © 2017 by the Croatian Medical Journal. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Public Health
Nejašmić, Danijel
Miošić, Ivana
Vrdoljak, Davorka
Permozer Hajdarović, Snježana
Tomičić, Marion
Gmajnić, Rudika
Lisica, Ines Diminić
Sironić, Jelena
Hreljanović,
Pleh, Vlatka
Cerovečki, Venija
Tomljenović, Anita
Bekić, Sanja
Jerčić, Minka
Tuđa, Karla
Puljak, Livia
Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title_full Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title_short Awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in Croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
title_sort awareness and use of evidence-based medicine information among patients in croatia: a nation-wide cross-sectional study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28857523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2017.58.300
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