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Access to the evidence base from general practice: a survey of general practice staff in Northern and Yorkshire Region
- Source :
- Quality in Health Care. 10:83-89
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2001.
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Abstract
- Aim—To identify and describe current methods of making health related research evidence accessible to general practice staV in the Northern and Yorkshire Region. Method—A postal survey questionnaire of general practice staV in the Northern and Yorkshire Region. Results—At least one completed questionnaire was obtained from 70% of the general practices surveyed, and the individual response rate to the survey was 45%. Just under 60% of all respondents reported having no access to the NHS internet and just under 50% also reported having no access to the internet. All respondents in this survey reported greater access to paper based information than to electronic databases. However, this research provides evidence of diVerential access to information resources between diVerent professions in general practice with GPs clearly having easier access than other professions to both paper based resources and electronic databases. 70% of all respondents said that they would need to be trained to use either a computer, the internet, or to search databases if the opportunity for easy access to any of these information services was available. Conclusions—At the time of this survey, general practices seemed to be struggling to set up the infrastructure and develop the skills that are necessary to make best use of available research evidence. In addition, there is a need for further investigation into the reasons why diVerent professions working in the same practice setting have diVerential access to information resources available in primary care. (Quality in Health Care 2001;10:83‐89)
- Subjects :
- Paper
Computer User Training
Leadership and Management
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State Medicine
Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Practice Management, Medical
Information system
Humans
Medicine
Quality (business)
General Nursing
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Information Services
Response rate (survey)
Internet
Evidence-Based Medicine
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Evidence-based medicine
United Kingdom
Access to information
General practice
The Internet
Family Practice
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09638172
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Quality in Health Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f3feab0e19c7904f5bcb10e3bddd85ce