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Table 4 Primary and secondary outcomes

From: A KT intervention including the evidence alert system to improve clinician’s evidence-based practice behavior—a cluster randomized controlled trial

   

Treatment n = 73

Control n = 62

Base model

 

Mixed effects model

 

Outcome

n*

Mean (sd)

n*

Mean (sd)

Difference (95% CI)

p

ICC (95% CI)

Difference (95% CI)

p

EBM Behavior

Self

Baseline

59

54.05 (13.80)

45

55.42 (10.92)

     
  

8-weeks

51

65.96 (13.49)

43

62.45 (19.50)

5.08 (0.40,10.55)

0.07

0.33 (0.16,0.69)

4.43 (-10.63,19.49)

0.56

 

Peer

Baseline

52

61.83 (13.69)

43

61.52 (16.95)

     
  

8-weeks

44

74.26 (8.51)

42

68.41 (16.63)

7.86 (1.97,13.75)

0.01

0.64 (0.36,0.80)

6.75 (-16.95,30.44)

0.57

EAS page hits**

 

6,123

 

1,677

     

EBM Knowledge

 

Baseline

57

7.91 (3.05)

50

8.09 (3.52)

     
 

8-weeks

52

10.69 (2.23)

45

8.02 (3.13)

3.29 (2.25,4.33)

<0.0001

0.01 (0.0,0.26)

3.29 (2.18,4.40)

<0.0001

EBP attitude EBPAS

Self subset 3

Baseline

55

2.67 (0.75)

47

2.57 (0.70)

     

8-weeks

50

2.63 (0.74)

44

2.77 (0.61)

-0.27 (-0.57,0.03)

0.08

0.0 (0.0,0.32)

-0.27 (-0.57,0.03)

0.08

Subset 4

Baseline

55

3.00 (0.51)

47

2.98 (0.58)

     
 

8-weeks

50

3.03 (0.61)

44

2.98 (0.59)

0.03 (-0.22,0.28)

0.82

0.0 (0.0,0.25)

0.03 (-0.22,0.28)

0.82

Peer subset 3

Baseline

42

2.93 (0.63)

38

2.90 (0.72)

     
  

8-weeks

32

3.17 (0.56)

39

1.17 (0.80)

0.03 (-0.37,0.42)

0.88

0.0 (0.0,0.51)

0.03 (-0.37,0.43)

0.88

 

Subset 4

Baseline

42

0.89 (0.78)

32

3.19 (0.61)

     
  

8-weeks

32

0.87 (0.75)

32

1.13 (0.93)

-0.23 (-0.75,0.23)

0.37

0.12 (0.0,0.65)

-0.29 (-1.06,0.48)

0.45

  1. *Number of participants who completed outcome measure.
  2. **EAS page hit raw data could only be collected and analyzed at the cluster level, not the individual level because the electronic data was collected in batches.