Table 3 Baseline demographic and other characteristics of control and intervention groups. Values are numbers (percentages of participants) and means (SD)
Baseline measure | Intervention group n = 59 (%) | Control group n = 62 (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | ||||
Women | 8 | (14) | 17 | (27) |
Men | 50 | (86) | 45 | (73) |
Specialist (yes/no) | 37 | (64) | 30 | (48) |
Mean (SD) Size of municipality (no.inhabitants) | 20137 | (26421) | 18494 | (33391) |
Mean (SD) age (years) | 47 | (6.4) | 47 | (7.9) |
Mean (SD) Public health weekly working hours | 16.4 | (9.8) | 17 | (9.6) |
Mean (SD) Experience (years as publ.health phys.) | 12 | (8.5) | 9.5 | (8.6) |
Other characteristics | ||||
Back ground variables | ||||
Access to Internet (office/home) | 52 | (88) | 52 | (85) |
Access to medical library | 10 | (18) | 13 | (22) |
Access to Cochrane | 5 | (10) | 5 | (9) |
Attended session(s) on searching (yes/no) | 14 | (24) | 14 | (23) |
Attended session(s) in critical appraisal (yes/no) | 24 | (42) | 18 | (30) |
Mean (SD) Data skill scale (1–7) | 4.7 | (1.9) | 4.3 | (1.9) |
Mean (SD) Number of written reports | 14.5 | (15.1) | 11.3 | (10.8) |