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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study

The evidence-based practice of primary care physicians is essential because they are the first line of contact with the local community, and they cater to most of their communities’ health needs. In the current study, in which we used a cross-sectional survey in northern Saudi Arabia, we assessed pr...

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Autores principales: ALruwaili, Bashayer Farhan, Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar, Alsaidan, Aseel Awad, AL-Ruwaili, Aliyah Muteb, Alanazi, Ruqayyah Batel Shati, Alruwaili, Amal Muhaysin B., Alruwaili, Abdullah Odhayb, Altaymani, Afrah Mohaimeed
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421609
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112285
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author ALruwaili, Bashayer Farhan
Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Alsaidan, Aseel Awad
AL-Ruwaili, Aliyah Muteb
Alanazi, Ruqayyah Batel Shati
Alruwaili, Amal Muhaysin B.
Alruwaili, Abdullah Odhayb
Altaymani, Afrah Mohaimeed
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Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Alsaidan, Aseel Awad
AL-Ruwaili, Aliyah Muteb
Alanazi, Ruqayyah Batel Shati
Alruwaili, Amal Muhaysin B.
Alruwaili, Abdullah Odhayb
Altaymani, Afrah Mohaimeed
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description The evidence-based practice of primary care physicians is essential because they are the first line of contact with the local community, and they cater to most of their communities’ health needs. In the current study, in which we used a cross-sectional survey in northern Saudi Arabia, we assessed primary care physicians’ knowledge, attitude, practice, and barriers regarding evidence-based medicine (EBM). Of the 300 physicians who participated, less than half had high knowledge (43.7%) and attitude (47.7%) toward EBM. The chi-square test revealed that the knowledge categories were significantly associated with the age group (p = 0.002) and EBM training received in the past five years (p < 0.001), and the attitude categories were significantly associated with nationality (p = 0.008). Of the respondents, 155 (51.7%) used EBM in their daily clinical practice. Through logistic regression analysis, we found that the identified predictors of including EBM in clinical practice were the 31–45-year-old age group (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.65–2.73) and EBM training received during last 5 years (AOR = 2.12, 95% CI = 1.35–2.94). We recommend enhancing primary care physicians’ knowledge of EBM and its importance in clinical practice through appropriate training programs. A multi-centric mixed-method survey is warranted in other provinces of the KSA to recognize region-specific training demand.
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spelling pubmed-96906082022-11-25 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study ALruwaili, Bashayer Farhan Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar Alsaidan, Aseel Awad AL-Ruwaili, Aliyah Muteb Alanazi, Ruqayyah Batel Shati Alruwaili, Amal Muhaysin B. Alruwaili, Abdullah Odhayb Altaymani, Afrah Mohaimeed Healthcare (Basel) Article The evidence-based practice of primary care physicians is essential because they are the first line of contact with the local community, and they cater to most of their communities’ health needs. In the current study, in which we used a cross-sectional survey in northern Saudi Arabia, we assessed primary care physicians’ knowledge, attitude, practice, and barriers regarding evidence-based medicine (EBM). Of the 300 physicians who participated, less than half had high knowledge (43.7%) and attitude (47.7%) toward EBM. The chi-square test revealed that the knowledge categories were significantly associated with the age group (p = 0.002) and EBM training received in the past five years (p < 0.001), and the attitude categories were significantly associated with nationality (p = 0.008). Of the respondents, 155 (51.7%) used EBM in their daily clinical practice. Through logistic regression analysis, we found that the identified predictors of including EBM in clinical practice were the 31–45-year-old age group (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.65–2.73) and EBM training received during last 5 years (AOR = 2.12, 95% CI = 1.35–2.94). We recommend enhancing primary care physicians’ knowledge of EBM and its importance in clinical practice through appropriate training programs. A multi-centric mixed-method survey is warranted in other provinces of the KSA to recognize region-specific training demand. MDPI 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9690608/ /pubmed/36421609 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112285 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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ALruwaili, Bashayer Farhan
Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Alsaidan, Aseel Awad
AL-Ruwaili, Aliyah Muteb
Alanazi, Ruqayyah Batel Shati
Alruwaili, Amal Muhaysin B.
Alruwaili, Abdullah Odhayb
Altaymani, Afrah Mohaimeed
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Northern Saudi Primary Care Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and practice towards evidence-based medicine among northern saudi primary care physicians: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36421609
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112285
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