Participant Characteristics (N = 52)
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| EBM = evidence-based medicine. | |
| Note: Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100. | |
| * Range, 1 to 30 years; mean, 9.7 years; median, 5 years. | |
| † Rated on a scale from 1 (novice) to 5 (expert). | |
| ‡ Rated on a scale from 1 (not valuable) to 5 (extremely valuable). | |
| Country | |
| United States | 49 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Type of clinician | |
| Physician | 49 |
| Nurse-practitioner | 3 |
| Medical specialty | |
| Family medicine | 45 (87) |
| Internal medicine | 5 (10) |
| Pediatrics | 1 (2) |
| Women’s health | 1 (2) |
| Number of years in practice* | |
| 1–4 | 23 (44) |
| 5–7 | 8 (15) |
| 10–15 | 7 (13) |
| 17–22 | 8 (15) |
| 24–30 | 6 (12) |
| Self-rated familiarity with computer searching† | |
| 2 | 6 (12) |
| 3 | 7 (13) |
| 4 | 25 (48) |
| 5 | 14 (27) |
| Self-rated perceived value of EBM‡ | |
| 3 | 1 (2) |
| 4 | 20 (38) |
| 5 | 31 (60) |