Abstract:
Abstract
Background:
Evidence-based medicine
Objective:
This study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards EBM and its
associated factors among medical interns in Amhara regional state teaching hospitals,
Northwest Ethiopia.
Methods:
An institution based cross sectional study was employed from March-April, 2020.
Simple random sampling with proportional allocation was used. A self-administered
EBM questionnaire was used to collect the data. Epi Info version 7 and SPSS version
20 were used for data entry and analysis respectively. Logistic regression model was
employed to identify factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice of EBM.
Adjusted Odds Ratio
Results: About 68.0% of medical interns had favorable attitude, 57.1% and 48.4% of
them had good knowledge and practice respectively. Only 79
Conclusions and Recommendation: In general, knowledge and practice of EBM
among medical interns was inadequate, but the attitude towards EBM were relatively
positive. Most of the medical interns had little awareness of EBM resources and have
unmeet training needs regarding EBM. EBM training courses should be provided to
medical interns to ensure correct application of EBM in daily practice.
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, practice, EBM and medical interns
