Department of Midwifery, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Department of Medical Radiology, College of Medical and Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Med Radiat Sci. 2024 Sep;71(3):344-354. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.777. Epub 2024 Mar 6.
Evidence-based medicine integrates clinical expertise, patient values and best research evidence in clinical decision-making. This study aimed to assess evidence-based medicine knowledge, attitudes, practices and associated factors among medical radiology technologists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 392 medical radiology technologists from May to August 2022 using a self-administered questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression identified factors associated with evidence-based medicine practice.
Most medical radiology technologists (57.7%) had moderate evidence-based medicine knowledge and 94.9% had favourable attitudes. However, 64.8% demonstrated poor evidence-based medicine practice. Factors significantly associated with better evidence-based medicine practice were moderate knowledge (AOR 1.949, 95% CI 1.155-3.291), good statistical understanding (AOR 1.824, 95% CI 1.135-2.930), sufficient time for evidence-based medicine (AOR 1.892, 95% CI 1.140-3.141), institutional support (AOR 2.093, 95% CI 1.271-3.440) and evidence-based medicine resource access (AOR 1.653, 95% CI 1.028-2.656).
Despite moderate knowledge and positive attitudes towards evidence-based medicine, most medical radiology technologists had suboptimal utilisation. Strategies to improve knowledge, ensure dedicated time, provide institutional support and resources could enhance evidence-based radiology practice.
循证医学将临床专业知识、患者价值观和最佳研究证据整合到临床决策中。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的医学放射技师对循证医学的知识、态度、实践及其相关因素。
本研究采用横断面研究，于 2022 年 5 月至 8 月期间对 392 名医学放射技师进行了调查，使用了自填式问卷。采用二变量和多变量逻辑回归确定与循证医学实践相关的因素。
大多数医学放射技师（57.7%）具有中等的循证医学知识，94.9%的态度良好。然而，64.8%的人表现出较差的循证医学实践。与更好的循证医学实践显著相关的因素是中等知识（AOR 1.949，95% CI 1.155-3.291）、良好的统计理解（AOR 1.824，95% CI 1.135-2.930）、足够的循证医学时间（AOR 1.892，95% CI 1.140-3.141）、机构支持（AOR 2.093，95% CI 1.271-3.440）和循证医学资源的可获得性（AOR 1.653，95% CI 1.028-2.656）。
尽管医学放射技师对循证医学有中等程度的知识和积极的态度，但大多数人的实践利用率仍然较低。提高知识、确保专门时间、提供机构支持和资源的策略可以增强循证放射实践。
