Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Status toward Clinical Reasoning and Evidence-Based Medicine among the Medical Interns and Gynecology Residents of Iran University of Medical Sciences
Table 5
Linear regression analysis was used to predict the score of the KAP components based on the related factors.
Variable (unit)
Regression results
CR-A
CR-K
CR-P
EBM-A
EBM-K
EBM-P
Model
Constant
Not predictable
−1.305
−0.778
0.192
−1.596
2.128
0.331
0.343
0.189
0.438
0.429
Adjusted
0.308
0.307
0.161
0.418
0.397
Age (year)
Beta coef. (95% CI)
−0.100 (−0.193–−0.006)
value
0.037
GP score (ordinal, per increasing one group)
Beta coef. (95% CI)
0.250 (0.048–0.453)
0.233 (0.048–0.418)
0.153 (0.016–0.290)
0.229 (0.011–0.446)
value
0.016
0.014
0.030
0.040
Research experience (ordinal, per increasing one group)
Beta coef. (95% CI)
0.380 (0.220–0.539)
0.177 (0.031–0.324)
0.160 (0.051–0.268)
0.551 (0.375–0.727)
0.468 (0.304–0.631)
value
<0.001
0.019
0.005
<0.001
<0.001
General practice (I had)
Beta coef. (95% CI)
1.150 (0.616–1.684)
1.003 (0.104–1.903)
value
<0.001
0.029
All the remaining covariates are significant at 0.1 according to the backward method. Gender and educational level could not predict any of the outcomes. CI: confidence interval.
