Physicians' knowledge, attitudes and professional use of RCTs and meta-analyses: A cross-sectional survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-302

  De Vito, Corrado ^a   Nobile, Carmelo G ^b   Furnari, Giacomo ^a   Pavia, Maria ^b   De Giusti, Maria ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^c   Villari, Paolo ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Meta analysis; Physicians; Professional use; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 66249121005     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn134     Document Type: Article

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