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| Variable | | Response frequencies |
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| Attitudes to EBP | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| EBP is necessary to practice | 94 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.2%) | 45 (47.9%) | 46 (48.9%) |
| EBP creates unreasonable demands | 94 | 12 (12.8%) | 36 (38.3%) | 19 (20.2%) | 26 (27.7%) | 1 (1.1%) |
| EBP helps decision making | 94 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (8.5%) | 53 (56.4%) | 33 (35.1%) |
| Want to learn/improve skills | 92 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.3%) | 34 (37.0%) | 55 (59.8%) |
| Strong evidence is lacking for most treatments | 90 | 6 (6.7%) | 27 (30.0%) | 12 (5.2%) | 38 (42.2%) | 7 (7.8%) |
| Self-efficacy to find research | 94 | 8 (8.5%) | 25 (26.6%) | 12 (12.8%) | 39 (41.5%) | 10 (10.6%) |
| Self-efficacy to treat patients according to evidence | 93 | 2 (2.2%) | 18 (19.4%) | 21 (22.6%) | 48 (51.6%) | 4 (4.3%) |
| Knowledge about EBP | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| Know how to access databases | 92 | 25 (27.2%) | 16 (17.4%) | 9 (9.8%) | 31 (33.7%) | 11 (12.0%) |
| Behaviour related to EBP | | ≤1/month | 2–5/month | 6–10/month | 11–15/month | 16+/month |
| Read articles, no. of articles per month | 92 | 75 (81.5%) | 17 (18.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Search databases, no. of searches per month | 93 | 84 (90.3%) | 9 (8.6%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Prerequisites for EBP | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| EBP encouraged at workplace | 94 | 10 (10.6%) | 20 (21.3%) | 17 (18.1%) | 35 (37.2%) | 12 (12.9%) |
| Attitudes to guidelines | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| Important that guidelines exist | 93 | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (12.9%) | 79 (84.9%) |
| Important to use guidelines | 91 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (28.6%) | 65 (71.4%) |
| Guidelines are important to facilitate practice | 94 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.1%) | 3 (3.2%) | 41 (43.6%) | 49 (52.1%) |
| Knowledge about guidelines | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| Know how to integrate pat. pref. w/ guidelines | 92 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 23 (25.0%) | 59 (64.1%) | 10 (10.9%) |
| | | No | To some extent | Yes | | |
| Aware that guidelines exist | 93 | 3 (3.2%) | 30 (32.3%) | 60 (64.5%) | | |
| Know where to find guidelines | 93 | 8 (8.6%) | 41 (44.1%) | 44 (47.3%) | | |
| Prerequisites for use of guidelines | | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree |
| Have easy access to guidelines | 92 | 3 (3.3%) | 5 (5.4%) | 10 (10.9%) | 54 (58.7%) | 20 (21.7%) |
| Behaviour related to guidelines | | Very infrequently or never | Infrequently | Sometimes | Frequently | Very frequently or always |
| Use guidelines | 93 | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (1.1%) | 20 (21.5%) | 51 (54.8%) | 19 (20.4%) |
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