Shih-Rong Wang, Kuan-Chih Huang, Ting-Tse Lin, Shu-Lin Chuang, Yen-Yun Yang, Cho-Kai Wu, Lian-Yu Lin
The effect of antiarrhythmic medications on the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease
International journal of cardiology
evidencebased practice ebp model utilised majority healthcare professionals clinical framework assists decisionmaking related patient care improve outcomes patient satisfaction study aimed analyse attitudes skills utilization evidencebased practice ebp among south african chiropractors focusing perceived skill levels training use identifying facilitators barriers ebp application descriptive crosssectional quantitative secondary analysis conducted inviting registered chiropractors south africa n 920 participate anonymous online questionnaire using evidencebased practice attitude utilisation survey ebase total 132 chiropractors completed survey yielding response rate 144 respondents 599 female 523 26 35 years old 633 graduated university johannesburg third respondents stated poor clinical research skills half respondents 568 indicated ebp constituted significant part education except completing systematic reviews metaanalyses published clinical evidence ranked 6th source information clinical decisions obstacles indicated time constraints lack clinical research complementary alternative medicine access internet databases research tools facilitators deemed useful promoting ebp majority south african chiropractors generally favourable towards ebp practice therefore appears utilised embraced requisite skills