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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Terapias Complementares , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Médicos de Família , Padrões de Prática Médica/organização & administração , Adulto , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Competência Clínica , Terapias Complementares/educação , Terapias Complementares/organização & administração , Terapias Complementares/psicologia , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Medicina Integrativa , Masculino , Médicos de Família/educação , Médicos de Família/organização & administração , Médicos de Família/psicologia , Atenção Primária à Saúde/organização & administração , Catar , Segurança , Autoeficácia , Inquéritos e Questionários , População UrbanaRESUMO
Physicians worldwide are being encouraged to apply evidence-based medicine (EBM) to improve their clinical care. A cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding EBM among 182 primary care physicians in Doha, Qatar. The current promotion of EBM was welcomed by most physicians (98.4%). While 92.2% had access to the Internet, this was mostly at home. The major perceived barriers to practising EBM in primary care were lack of free personal time (75.3%), limited resources and facilities (62.6%), no library in the locality (61.0%) and lack of training workshops and courses (61.0%). There was a statistically significant association between years since graduation and welcoming the EBM concept as well as with frequency of reading journals.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Médicos de Atenção Primária , Padrões de Prática Médica/organização & administração , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Difusão de Inovações , Educação Médica Continuada , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/educação , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/organização & administração , Feminino , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde , Humanos , Disseminação de Informação , Internet , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Médicos de Atenção Primária/educação , Médicos de Atenção Primária/organização & administração , Médicos de Atenção Primária/psicologia , Atenção Primária à Saúde/organização & administração , Catar , Inquéritos e Questionários , População UrbanaRESUMO
Physicians worldwide are being encouraged ence-based medicine [EBM] to improve their clinical care. A cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding EBM among 182 primary care physicians in Doha, Qatar. The current promotion of EBM was welcomed by most physicians [98.4%]. While 92.2% had access to the Internet, this was mostly at home. The major perceived barriers to practising EBM in primary care were lack of free personal time [75.3%], limited resources and facilities [62.6%], no library in the locality [61.0%] and lack of training workshops and courses [61.0%]. There was a statistically significant association between years since graduation and welcoming the EBM concept as well as with frequency of reading journals
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Médicos de Família , Estudos Transversais , Inquéritos e Questionários , Medicina Baseada em EvidênciasRESUMO
A cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners [GPs] towards complementary and alternative medicine [CAM] was conducted in Doha, Qatar. Out of 119 respondents, 39.1% reported poor knowledge about CAM. Self-reported knowledge was highest for counselling and psychotherapy [69.0%], diet and supplements [68.1%], acupuncture [45.2%], herbal medicine [47.3%] and massage [42.5%]. While 83.8% described their attitude to CAM as welcoming and 97.5% were interested to learn more about it, fewer [30.1%] had practised it before, referred patients [24.8%] or asked patients' about their use of CAM [34.8%]. Their own lack of knowledge and training in CAM was seen as a barrier to its use by 60.0% of the GPs