Table 3 Response frequency and means of Attitudes toward EBP items (Part A of E-BASE)
Part A Items | Strongly Disagree(1) | Disagree(2) | Neutral(3) | Agree(4) | Strongly Agree(5) | Mean (Range=1-5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*I am interested in learning or improving the skills necessary to incorporate EBP into my practice | 0.9% | 2.1% | 7.5% | 42.8% | 46.7% | 4.3 |
*Evidence based practice (EBP) is necessary in the practice of chiropractic | 2.1% | 3.5% | 9.1% | 39.6% | 45.7% | 4.2 |
*Professional literature (i.e. journals & textbooks) and research findings are useful in my day-to-day practice | 0.9% | 3.4% | 9.6% | 53.4% | 32.7% | 4.1 |
*EBP improves the quality of my patient’s care | 2.1% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 43.2% | 35.9% | 4.1 |
*EBP assists me in making decisions about patient care | 1.2% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 48.6% | 35.9% | 4.1 |
Prioritizing EBP within chiropractic practice is fundamental to the advancement of the profession | 2.4% | 7.8% | 13.3% | 39.8% | 36.7% | 4.0 |
*EBP takes into account my clinical experience when making clinical decisions | 2.3% | 14.8% | 17.7% | 41.5% | 23.7% | 3.7 |
*The adoption of EBP places an unreasonable demand on my practice [Note: Item is reverse coded] | 14.4%[5] | 43.2[4] | 29.1%[3] | 10.6% [2] | 2.7%[1] | 3.6 |
*EBP takes into account a patient’s preference for treatment | 5.3% | 24.1% | 28.5% | 27.1% | 15.0% | 3.2 |
There is a lack of evidence from clinical trials to support most of the treatments I use in my practice | 13.5% | 42.2% | 17.7% | 22.6% | 4.0% | 2.6 |