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Table 2 Evidence Based Medicine perceptions
| Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
| 1. EBM practice | |
| What percentage of the treatments you recommend and/or procedures you undertake is evidence based? | 75.8 (20.0) |
| 2. Knowledge | |
| a. I am aware of the evidence based practices in my field | 4.4 (0.7) |
| b. I am familiar with the evidence based practices in my field | 4.3 (0.6) |
| c. I have enough access to information about evidence based practices | 4.0 (0.9) |
| d. I have/make time to keep myself up to date with evidence base practices | 3.9 (0.9) |
| e. I am able to interpret the evidence base from the literature | 4.1 (0.8) |
| Mean knowledge score: | 4.2 (0.6) |
| 3. Attitudes | |
| a. I feel confident that I can perform evidence based practice | 4.2 (0.7) |
| b. I believe that evidence based practice leads to improved patient outcomes | 4.1 (0.9) |
| c. I am motivated to adopt evidence based practice | 4.2 (0.8) |
| Mean attitudes score: | 4.2 (0.7) |
| 4. Behaviour | |
| a. It is easy to apply evidence based treatment in my day to day practice | 3.5 (1.0) |
| b. I am able to reconcile patient preferences with evidence based practice | 3.7 (0.8) |
| c. There are enough resources/facilities (e.g. staff, educational material) to adhere to evidence based practice | 3.4 (1.0) |
| d. I have enough time to apply evidence based treatment | 3.7 (1.0) |
| e. My colleagues are supportive of the evidence base in my field | 3.7 (1.0) |
| f. In general, in my clinical field, payment systems can influence the decisions about treatment | 3.3 (1.2) |
| Mean behaviour score: | 3.6 (0.6) |
