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Title | Awareness, attitudes and knowledge about evidencebased medicine among doctors in Gaza: A crosssectional survey |
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has emerged as a strategy to integrate research evidence within clinical decision-making. We have explored awareness, knowledge and attitudes about EBM among doctors in the Gaza Strip. In 2014, we conducted a cross-sectional survey among doctors working in health centres in Gaza, using a 20 item, web-based self-administered questionnaire. Approximately two thirds of the respondents welcomed EBM in principle, and believed that it could improve patient care. However, they had a relatively low level of knowledge about EBM. The main barriers to EBM mentioned by respondents were lack of knowledge needed to practise EBM [n= 47 (35%)]; negative attitude among senior colleagues [n= 34 (25%)]; lack of relevant resources [n= 31 (23%)]; work overload [n= 27 (20%)]; and lack of institutional support [n= 248 (18%)]. Thus, there are personal and organisational barriers to its practice that need to be addressed. |
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Type | Journal Article |
Date | 2017 |
Published in | Eastern Mediterranean health journal |
Series | Volume: 23, Number: 9 |
Publisher | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO) |
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