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Table 2 Participants' responses to each statement on the value of EBP in clinical practice.

From: The place and barriers of evidence based practice: knowledge and perceptions of medical, nursing and allied health practitioners in malaysia

Items

 

Percentage according to participant group

  

Strongly agree

Agree

Unsure

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Hard to relate research findings to patient care

Doctors

1.1

28.3

16.3

47.8

6.5

 

NAH

7.5

42.5

22.5

27.5

0

The importance of EBP is exaggerated

Doctors

4.3

14.2

14.1

53.3

14.1

 

NAH

7.3

53.7

22.0

14.6

2.4

EBP is too tedious and impractical

Doctors

1.1

2.2

17.4

63.0

16.3

 

NAH

0

46.2

25.6

23.1

5.1

EBP is not feasible in this country

Doctors

3.3

23.4

15.6

44.4

13.3

 

NAH

2.4

39.0

31.7

22.0

4.9

I value human views and experiences more than the evidence from research

Doctors

4.5

24.7

29.2

37.1

4.5

 

NAH

2.5

57.5

22.5

12.5

5.0