Practitioner and practice-related characteristics | Using research for validating practice | Research impact on practice | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Useful (n = 93) | Not useful (n = 2) | p-value | High/Moderate (n = 84) | Low (n = 17) | p-value | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Years of experience | 11.1 (9.0) | 3.5 (3.5) | 0.240 | 2.7 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.3) | 0.643 | |
Hours spent on CAM-related training | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.6) | 0.403 | 1.4 (1.1) | 2.0 (1.8) | 0.205 | |
Hours spent on administrative tasks | 2.1 (1.6) | 1.5 (1.1) | 0.181 | 2.0 (1.5) | 2.0 (1.5) | 0.644 | |
Average case-Load per month (all) | 31.4 (29.6) | 32.2 (29.8) | 0.908 | 31.5 (30.5) | 26.0 (23.0) | 0.488 | |
 | % | % |  | % | % |  | |
Age | 22-44 | 36.4 | 100 | 0.066 | 38.1 | 37.5 | 0.964 |
 | >44 | 63.6 | 0.0 |  | 61.9 | 62.5 |  |
Education diploma | 47.3 | 33.3 | 0.627 | 42.9 | 46.7 | 0.791 | |
Under-graduate | 30.9 | 40.0 | Â | 35.7 | 26.7 | Â | |
Post-graduate | 21.8 | 26.7 | Â | 21.4 | 26.6 | Â | |
Sufficient skills to conduct research | Yes | 37.9 | 50.0 | 0. 728 | 37.5 | 41.7 | 0.788 |
No | 62.1 | 50.0 | 62.5 | 58.3 | Â | ||
Sufficient skills to Yes | 58.0 | 100 | 0.396 | 60.7 | 52.9 | 0.552 | |
Interpret research No | 42.0 | 0.0 | Â | 38.3 | 47.1 | Â |