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Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of evidence-based medicine among resident physicians in hospitals of Syria: a cross-sectional study

Variable

n (%), unless otherwise

specified

Age (mean ± Std. deviation)

27.7 ± 2.3

Gender

 Male

119 (55.6)

 Female

95 (44.4)

Specialty

 Surgery

26 (12.1)

 Medicine

20 (9.3)

 Pediatric

22 (10.3)

 Obstetrics and Gynecology

19 (8.9)

 Ophthalmology

14 (6.5)

 Otolaryngology

17 (7.9)

 Dermatology

14 (6.5)

 Family medicine

23 (10.7)

 Oncology

16 (7.5)

 Others

43 (20)

Ministry of specialty

 Ministry of Higher Education

82 (38.3)

 Ministry of Health

65 (30.4)

 Ministry of Defense

67 (31.3)

Year of residency

 1th

15 (7)

 2th

44 (20.6)

 3th

40 (18.7)

 4th

41 (19.2)

 5th

33 (15.4)

 6th

25 (11.7)

 7th

16 (7.5)

Previously undergone any training courses in EBM

 Yes

48 (22.4)

 No

166 (77.6)