General practitioners say that evidence based information is changing practice

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043

BMJ 2004;329:1043 (30 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043

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General practitioners say that evidence based information is changing practice

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EDITOR—As the publishers of the BMJ's Clinical Evidencewe have more than a passing interest in the extent to whichthe provision of evidenced based information changes clinicalpractice. In this context, the results of an evaluation of ClinicalEvidence commissioned by us assumed some importance.

A total of 5960 general practitioners in England were contactedby Stingray Research, an independent market research company,and asked to provide some broad perceptions about the role ofevidence in their day to day practice and to pass judgment onClinical Evidence. The response rate was 838/5960 (14.1%).

Some findings were not surprising. Seventy five per cent ofgeneral practitioner respondents reported that their patientswere likely to show interest in the latest research findings.Ninety seven per cent of the general practitioners had usedan information resource to find the latest evidence, and 45%expected to do so at . . . [Full text of this article]

David Tovey, deputy editor, Clinical Evidence

dtovey@bmjgroup.com

Fiona Godlee, head, BMJ Knowledge

BMJ Publishing Group, London WC1H 9JR

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