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Table 3 Evidence-searching capability of various health care professionals

From: Evidence‐searching capability among health care professionals: a comparative study

Item

Physicians

(n = 17)

Nurses

(n = 23)

Pharmacists

(n = 4)

Allied health

(n = 27)

Others

(n = 9)

Pa

F1

1.77 ± 0.31

1.09 ± 0.42

1.50 ± 0.41

1.35 ± 0.41

1.00 ± 0.56

< 0.001

F2

1.65 ± 0.34

0.98 ± 0.46

1.50 ± 0.41

1.17 ± 0.39

0.94 ± 0.63

< 0.001

F3

1.59 ± 0.32

1.26 ± 0.65

1.50 ± 0.00

0.78 ± 0.68

0.72 ± 0.87

0.002

F4

1.65 ± 0.49

0.98 ± 0.63

1.13 ± 0.75

0.85 ± 0.63

0.72 ± 0.75

0.001

F5

2.00 ± 0.00

1.94 ± 0.23

1.75 ± 0.29

1.96 ± 0.13

1.67 ± 0.71

0.04

F6

1.79 ± 0.25

1.39 ± 0.48

1.75 ± 0.29

1.61 ± 0.25

1.01 ± 0.58

< 0.001

F7

1.77 ± 0.31

1.46 ± 0.45

1.63 ± 0.48

1.63 ± 0.30

1.28 ± 0.67

0.10

F8

1.77 ± 0.40

1.22 ± 0.36

1.63 ± 0.25

1.43 ± 0.41

1.06 ± 0.39

< 0.001

F9

1.47 ± 0.77

1.50 ± 1.69

1.38 ± 0.95

1.46 ± 0.77

1.39 ± 0.74

0.99

F10

1.53 ± 0.87

1.44 ± 0.90

2.00 ± 0.00

1.63 ± 0.74

0.89 ± 1.05

0.18

F11

1.70 ± 0.59

1.52 ± 0.85

1.50 ± 1.00

1.26 ± 0.90

1.22 ± 0.97

0.46

F12

0.88 ± 0.93

1.00 ± 1.00

1.00 ± 1.15

1.30 ± 0.95

1.11 ± 1.05

0.68

F13

1.94 ± 0.24

1.48 ± 0.90

2.00 ± 0.00

1.82 ± 0.56

1.89 ± 0.33

0.26

F14

1.56 ± 0.50

1.09 ± 0.81

1.00 ± 1.15

1.52 ± 0.70

1.56 ± 0.63

0.23

F15

1.35 ± 0.49

1.02 ± 0.63

1.50 ± 0.00

1.24 ± 0.58

0.89 ± 0.70

0.18

S1

3.79 ± 0.61

2.54 ± 0.81

3.25 ± 0.87

3.04 ± 0.44

2.22 ± 0.83

< 0.001

  1. aKruskal-Wallis test