Table 4 Distribution of questionnaire responses for secondary outcomes with between-group analyses
| Â | Baseline | P value | Follow-up | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 171)* | Control (n = 100)* | Intervention (n = 168)* | Control (n = 88)* | |||
Attitudes to EBP | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
EBP is necessary | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 151 (88.8%) | 90 (90.9%) |  | 153 (91.1%) | 83 (94.3%) |  |
  Neutral | 14 (8.2%) | 5 (5.1%) |  | 11 (6.5%) | 5 (5.7%) |  |
  Disagree | 5 (2.9%) | 4 (4.0%) |  | 4 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) |  |
EBP places unreasonable demands | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 37 (22.0%) | 21 (21.2%) |  | 41 (24.5%) | 33 (37.5%) |  |
  Neutral | 41 (24.4%) | 18 (18.2%) |  | 24 (14.4%) | 14 (15.9%) |  |
  Disagree | 90 (53.6%) | 60 (60.6%) |  | 102 (61.1%) | 41 (46.6%) |  |
EBP helps decision making |  |  | ns |  |  | p = 0.018 |
  Agree | 136 (81.0%) | 86 (86.0%) |  | 150 (89.3%) | 74 (85.1%) |  |
  Neutral | 26 (15.5%) | 9 (9.0%) |  | 11 (6.5%) | 13 (14.9%) |  |
  Disagree | 6 (3.6%) | 5 (5.0%) |  | 7 (4.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |  |
Confident to find research | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 104 (61.9%) | 61 (61.9%) |  | 113 (68.1%) | 56 (65.1%) |  |
  Neutral | 18 (10.7%) | 11 (11.1%) |  | 23 (13.8%) | 11 (12.8%) |  |
  Disagree | 46 (27.4%) | 27 (27.3%) |  | 30 (18.1%) | 19 (22.1%) |  |
Confident to treat patients according to evidence | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 109 (65.3%) | 75 (75.0%) |  | 123 (73.2%) | 60 (68.2%) |  |
  Neutral | 33 (19.8%) | 12 (12.0%) |  | 28 (16.7%) | 20 (22.7%) |  |
  Disagree | 25 (15.0%) | 13 (13.0%) |  | 17 (10.1%) | 8 (9.1%) |  |
Attitudes to guidelines | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Important that guidelines exist | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 160 (94.1%) | 92 (92.0%) |  | 159 (94.6%) | 82 (94.3%) |  |
  Neutral | 4 (2.4%) | 1 (1.0%) |  | 5 (3.0%) | 3 (3.4%) |  |
  Disagree | 6 (3.5%) | 7 (7.0%) |  | 4 (2.4%) | 2 (2.3%) |  |
Important to use guidelines | Â | Â | ns | Â | Â | ns |
  Agree | 164 (95.9%) | 97 (97.0%) |  | 160 (95.8%) | 84 (95.5%) |  |
  Neutral | 6 (3.5%) | 2 (2.0%) |  | 6 (3.6%) | 3 (3.4%) |  |
  Disagree | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.0%) |  | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.1%) |  |
Can integrate patient pref’s with guidelines |  |  | ns |  |  | ns |
  Agree | 121 (71.6%) | 63 (63.0%) |  | 138 (82.1%) | 68 (78.2%) |  |
  Neutral | 42 (24.8%) | 32 (32.0%) |  | 29 (17.3%) | 18 (20.7%) |  |
  Disagree | 6 (3.6%) | 5 (5.0%) |  | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.1%) |  |