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Table 3 Sources of information used by participants to inform their clinical decision-making (in descending order of frequency) (n=567)

From: A national cross-sectional survey of the attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice amongst Spanish osteopaths

Information source

Median (IQR)

Traditional knowledge

4 (2,7)

Published clinical evidence (i.e. clinical trials)

4 (2,7)

Consulting fellow practitioners or experts

4 (3,6)

Textbooks

5 (2,7)

Personal intuition

5 (3,7)

Clinical practice guidelines

6 (3,8)

Personal preference

7 (4,9)

Trial and error

7 (4,9)

Patient preference

7 (5,9)

Published experimental/laboratory evidence

8 (3,10)

  1. IQR Interquartile range