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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 889)

From: Adherence to evidence-based practice across healthcare professionals in Germany: results from a cross-sectional, nationwide survey

Characteristics

Age in years, mean ± SD (range)

37.4 ± 11.5 (18 – 69)

Sex: male/female/other, n (%)

225/657/3 (25.4/73.2/0.3; n = 885)

Individual number of professions: one/two/three, n(%)

838/49/2 (94.3/5.5/0.2; n = 889)

Professions†, n (%)

 Physical Therapy

318 (35.8)

 Occupational therapy

154 (17.3)

 Midwifery

137 (15.4)

 Speech and language therapy

79 (8.9)

 Nursing

73 (8.2)

 Medicine

28 (3.1)

 Sport therapy/sport sciences

26 (2.9)

 Psychology

9 (1.0)

 Other

14 (1.6)

 ≥ 1 profession

51 (5.7)

Highest professional degree, n (%)

 Undergraduate

90 (10.1)

 Diploma (vocational school)

368 (41.4)

 Bachelor/diploma (university)

273 (30.7)

 Master

106 (11.9)

 Higher academic degree

40 (4.5)

 Missing

12 (1.3)

Contact time with patients, hours per week, mean ± SD (range)

26.7 ± 11.8 (1 – 60) (n = 861)

Primary setting of work, n (%)

 Hospital

196 (22.0)

 University clinic

58 (6.5)

 Rehabilitation clinic

61 (6.9)

 Outpatient clinic/private practice

468 (52.6)

 Other

96 (10.8)

 Missing

10 (1.1)

Work experience in years, mean ± SD (range)

13.3 ± 10.8 (0 – 44) (n = 870)

Employment situation, n (%)

 Employee/worker

584 (65.7)

 Self-employed

159 (17.9)

 Freelancer

83 (9.3)

 Undergraduate/in training/practical year

59 (6.6)

 Missing

4 (0.4)

Leading/leadership position: yes/no, n (%)

286/589 (67.3/32.7) (n = 875)

Having inter-professional communication, n (%)

769 (86.5) (n = 884)

Inter-professional communication with other professionsa, n (%)

 Medicine

679 (88.3)

 Nursing

461 (59.9)

 Physical Therapy

454 (59.0)

 Occupational therapy

345 (44.9)

 Psychology

297 (38.6)

 Speech and language therapy

270 (35.1)

 Sport therapy/sport sciences

146 (19.0)

 Midwifery

92 (12.0)

 Other

96 (10.8)

Size of the city/municipality of employment, n (%)

 < 5.000 (rural community)

64 (7.2)

 5.000 – 20.000 (small town)

153 (17.2)

 20.000 – 100.000 (mean sized city)

235 (26.4)

 > 100.000 (large city)

427 (48.0)

 Missing

10 (1.1)

Available time for scientific literature studies at work within a typical week in minutes per week, mean ± SD (range)

53.6 ± 100.8 (0 – 900) (n = 751)

Availability of scientific literature at work place, n (%)

578 (66.5)

Drafting of or involvement in ≥ 1 scientific publication, n (%)

277 (31.2)

Hosting of lectures or workshops on evidence based practice, n (%)

120 (13.6)

  1. Values are the total numbers (percent) or indicated otherwise. Mean values are given with the standard deviation (range). Different sample sizes within each sample due to missing values
  2. aMultiple answers possible