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Table 3 Barriers to finding and reviewing research and barriers to changing practice among Eastern Ethiopia Physicians, June 2017, (n = 124)

From: Evidence-based medicine among physicians working in selected public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

No

Yes

Barriers to finding and reviewing research

 Incompetency in English Language

120 (96.8%)

4 (3.2%)

 Computer illiteracy

70 (56.5%)

54 (43.5%)

 Research reports not easy to find

61 (49.2%)

63 (50.8%)

 Insufficient time/lack of interest to find research reports

60 (48.3%)

64 (51.7%)

 Lack of confidence in judging the quality of researches

77 (63%)

47 (37%)

 Difficulty in understanding research reports

78 (62.9%)

46 (37.1%)

 Don’t know how to find research reports

58 (46.8%)

66 (53.2%)

 Organizational data base not easy to find

47 (37.9%)

77 (62.1%)

Barriers to changing practice

 Insufficient resources (e.g. equipment, internet) to change own practice

29 (23.4%)

95 (76.6%)

 Insufficient time at work to implement changes in own practice

52 (41.9%)

72 (58.1%)

 Team culture is not receptive to changing practice

52 (41.9%)

72 (58.1%)

 Lacking the authority to change practice

57 (46%)

67 (54%)

 Lack of confidence about beginning to change own practice

56 (45.2%)

68 (54.8%)