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Table 1 Awareness of evidence-based practice (EBP)

From: Implementation of evidence-based practice across medical, nursing, pharmacological and allied healthcare professionals: a questionnaire survey in nationwide hospital settings

 

All respondents

Aware of EBP

p-value

N = 6,160

N = 5,038 (%)

Gender

  

<0.001

    Male

942

815 (86.5%)

 

    Female

5,218

4,223 (80.9%)

 

Age (years)

  

<0.001

    20 ~ 30

2,760

2,083 (75.5%)

 

    31 ~ 40

2,571

2,211 (86.0%)

 

    41 ~ 50

664

599 (90.2%)

 

     > 50

165

145 (87.9%)

 

Working experience (years)

  

<0.001

     < 5

2,108

1,611 (76.4%)

 

    5 ~ 10

2,384

1,934 (81.1%)

 

     > 10

1,668

1,493 (89.5%)

 

Academic level

  

<0.001

    Technical school

1,846

1,384 (75.0%)

 

    Junior college

1,809

1,464 (80.9%)

 

    Bachelor’s*

2,062

1,773 (86.0%)

 

    Master’s

401

377 (94.0%)

 

    Doctorate

42

40 (95.2%)

 

Faculty position (%)

  

<0.001

    Yes

1,219

1,129 (92.6%)

 

    No

4,941

3,909 (79.1%)

 

Director (%)

  

<0.001

    With

620

597 (96.3%)

 

    Without

5,540

4,441 (80.2%)

 

Profession

  

<0.001

    Physician

645

614 (95.2%)

 

    Nurse

4,206

3,354 (79.7%)

 

    Pharmacist

430

401 (93.3%)

 

    Physical therapist

179

149 (83.2%)

 

    Technician

537

382 (71.1%)

 

    Other

163

138 (84.7%)

 
  1. * The bachelor’s curriculum is seven years for medical school, six years for dental school, and four years for the other specialties.
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