Table 3 Determinants associated with guidelines adherence

Region

The Northeast

2.60 (1.87,3.60)

2.02 (1.42,2.88)

The West

1.98 (1.46,2.69)

1.53 (1.07,2.18)

The Middle

2.68 (1.95,3.67)

2.16 (1.48,3.15)

The East

1.000

1.000

Hospital grade

Tertiary hospital

0.61 (0.47,0.80)

0.70 (0.50,0.96)

Secondary hospital

1.000

1.000

Years of practice

1.03 (1.02,1.04)

1.03 (1.01,1.05)

Education background

PHD’s

1.93 (1.21,3.09)

1.90 (1.07,3.37)

Master’s

2.08 (1.39,3.10)

2.11 (1.31,3.41)

Bachelor’s

1.62 (1.12,2.33)

1.34 (0.88,2.02)

Junior college

1.000

1.000

Professional title

Chief physician or professor of medicine

1.86 (1.32,2.62)

0.68 (0.37,1.24)

Associate senior doctor or associate chief physician

2.08 (1.53,2.84)

0.94 (0.60,1.47)

Intermediate

1.57 (1.18,2.08)

1.01 (0.72,1.43)

Primary

1.000

1.000

EBM or EBM related education in college

1.17 (0.94,1.47)

EBM or EBM related education in work unit

1.54 (1.19,1.99)

1.44 (1.08,1.92)

Participation in the development of guidelines

0.77 (0.56,1.05)

Acknowledgment of guideline providing basic guidance for clinical practice

4.01 (2.04,7.86)

2.10 (0.98,4.50)

Knowledge scores for guideline development

1.00 (0.99,1.02)

Professional practice area

ICU or emergency

1.23 (0.74,2.04)

1.05 (0.61,1.82)

Pediatrics

1.75 (1.08,2.82)

0.97 (0.56,1.70)

Gynaecology/obstetrics

1.68 (0.88,3.19)

1.10 (0.56,2.17)

Nursing

2.03 (1.14,3.66)

1.74 (0.94,3.23)

Stomatology/ophthalmology/otorhinolaryngology

0.74 (0.44,1.23)

0.88 (0.51,1.52)

Anesthesia

1.66 (0.90,3.05)

1.27 (0.66,2.45)

General practice or comprehensive health care

2.64 (1.66,4.19)

2.06 (1.23,3.45)

Surgery

1.92 (1.33,2.76)

1.49 (1.01,2.19)

Oncology

2.13 (1.25,3.60)

1.47 (0.82,2.64)

Clinical pharmacy

0.64 (0.43,0.96)

0.74 (0.48,1.15)

Radiography or medical imaging

1.50 (0.83,2.70)

1.25 (0.67,2.33)

Traditional Chinese medicine

1.77 (0.80,3.90)

1.64 (0.68,3.98)

Medicine

1.000

1.000