Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants

Region

The East

710 (41.0%)

The Middle

361 (20.8%)

The West

384 (22.2%)

The Northeast

277 (16.0%)

Grade of hospitals

Tertiary hospital

498 (28.8%)

Secondary hospital

1234 (71.2%)

Professional practice area

Oncology (including hemolymph neoplasm)

93 (5.7%)

Stomatology/ophthalmology/otorhinolaryngology

85 (5.2%)

Medicine

360 (22.0%)

Surgery

256 (15.7)

ICU or emergency

62 (3.8%)

Anesthesia

72 (4.4%)

Gynaecology/obstetrics

39 (2.4%)

Traditional Chinese medicine

95 (5.8%)

Pediatrics

108 (6.6%)

Clinical pharmacy

157 (9.6%)

Radiography or medical imaging

81 (5.0%)

General practice or comprehensive health care

145 (8.9%)

Nursing

83 (5.1%)

Years of practice

15.0 ± 10.3

Education background

PHD’s

180 (10.6%)

Master’s

419 (24.7%)

Bachelor’s

893 (52.5%)

Junior college

208 (12.2%)

Professional title

Chief physician or professor of medicine

264 (16.5%)

Associate senior doctor or associate chief physician or associate professor

369 (23.1%)

Intermediate

526 (32.9%)

Primary

440 (27.5%)

Have you ever received any EBM or related education in college

Yes

894 (54.3%)

No

754 (45.8%)

Have you ever received any EBM or related education in work unit

Yes

1210 (73.1%)

No

445 (26.9%)

Do you think high-quality guidelines provide basic guidance for clinical practice

Yes

1672 (97.4%)

No

44 (2.6%)

Willing to acquire and study high quality guideline

Yes

1687 (98.2%)

No

31 (1.8%)

Self-reported guideline adherence

Seldom

50 (2.9%)

Sometimes

339 (19.9%)

Frequently

1127 (66.2%)

Very frequently

186 (10.9%)

Kind of guidelines used

Foreign guideline

199 (12.2%)

Translated version from foreign guideline

425 (26.0%)

Chinese version

1009 (61.8%)

Have you ever participated in the development of guidelines

Yes

251 (14.7%)

No

1458 (85.3%)

If so, what role of participating in guideline development

Chairman

12 (11.0%)

Final reviewer

33 (30.3%)

Developer

36 (33.0%)

Other

28 (25.7%)