A study of evidence-based medicine knowledge and use in general practitioners working in Ahvaz hospitals in 2016

Background and Objective: The need for accurate scientific evaluation of clinical performance was increasingly focused on by medical and sociological societies in the second half of the twentieth century. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the knowledge level, attitude and performance of general practitioners working in hospitals in the city Ahwaz. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted for exploring the knowledge and the use of evidence-based medicine in general practitioners working in hospitals in the city, Ahwaz. The sampling method was random and the sample size was estimated to be 123 individuals. The data were analyzed using the statistical software STATA version 14. Descriptive statistical methods and linear regression model were used for data analysis and the significance level in this study was considered to be 0.05. Results: The results indicated that 93% of physicians participating in the study were familiar with EBM. In the process of practice, 18 person (14.7%) of the total doctors in prospectuses and clinical professor turned to EBM. 45 person (6/36%) of all doctors, search the Internet for information on clinical experience as the preferred method. 61% of doctors in practice refer to books and printed references and 9.4% used domestic and foreign articles and 56 (4.45%) of all participated in EBP sessions. Conclusion: In this study, the knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to evidence-based medicine was at a low level. Overall, the findings can be explained that doctors working in hospitals and medical centers in Ahwaz make little use of their scientific resources to increase their scientific information, which is required by the authorities of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences to promote scientific information for doctors such as launches of science centers in hospitals, workshops and scientific resources and to be familiar with latest references.