Table 5 Sources of information used to inform clinical decision-making (ranked by most frequent to least frequently used source)a (n = 332)
Information source | Median (IQR) |
|---|---|
Traditional knowledge | 3 (1,6) |
Clinical practice guidelines | 3 (2,6) |
Consulting fellow practitioners or experts | 4 (3,6) |
Published clinical evidence (i.e. clinical trials) | 5 (2,8) |
Textbooks | 5 (3,7) |
Personal intuition | 5 (3,8) |
Patient preference | 6 (4,8) |
Personal preference | 6 (4,8) |
Trial and error | 8 (6,9) |
Published experimental/laboratory evidence | 9 (6,10) |