Table 2 Findings on respondents’ experience and knowledge on clinical evidence of acupuncture
From: A survey of evidence users about the information need of acupuncture clinical evidence
Subjects | Options | Respondent: n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Postgraduates (95) | Non-postgraduatesb (156) | Total | ||
Years of experience in acupuncture | <5 years | 79 (83 %) | 49 (31 %) | 128 (51 %) |
5-10 years | 14 (15 %) | 46 (29 %) | 60 (24 %) | |
10-20 years | 1 (1 %) | 25 (16 %) | 26 (10 %) | |
>20 years | 1 (1 %) | 36 (24 %) | 37 (15 %) | |
Main work related to acupuncture (multiple answers allowed) | Clinical treatment | 87 (92 %) | 141 (90 %) | 228 (91 %) |
Rehabilitation care | 26 (27 %) | 45 (29 %) | 71 (28 %) | |
Clinical research | 49 (52 %) | 85 (54 %) | 134 (53 %) | |
Basic research | 17 (18 %) | 37 (24 %) | 54 (22 %) | |
Review | 12 (13 %) | 16 (10 %) | 28 (11 %) | |
Writing SR/MA | 9 (9 %) | 10 (6 %) | 19 (8 %) | |
Writing clinical guidelines | 2 (2 %) | 6 (4 %) | 8 (3 %) | |
Acting as a reviewer | 0 (0 %) | 8 (5 %) | 8 (3 %) | |
Editor | 0 (0 %) | 1 (0.4 %) | 1 (0.4 %) | |
Others | 0 (0 %) | 3 (2 %) | 3 (1 %) | |
Papers on acupuncture read per month | >10 | 17 (18 %) | 35 (22 %) | 52 (21 %) |
5–10 | 25 (26 %) | 42 (27 %) | 67 (27 %) | |
1–5 | 48 (51 %) | 76 (49 %) | 124 (49 %) | |
0 | 5 (5 %) | 3 (2 %) | 8 (3 %) | |
Ways of obtaining information on acupuncture (multiple answers allowed) | Medical databases | 83 (87 %) | 130 (83 %) | 213 (85 %) |
Printed professional journals | 21 (22 %) | 65 (42 %) | 86 (34 %) | |
Academic meetings | 30 (32 %) | 82 (53 %) | 112 (45 %) | |
Search engines | 40 (42 %) | 79 (51 %) | 119 (47 %) | |
Ancient literature bibliographies | 38 (40 %) | 61 (40 %) | 99 (39 %) | |
Others | 1 (1 %) | 3 (2 %) | 4 (16 %) | |
Types of studies most commonly read (multiple answers allowed) | RCTs | 68 (72 %) | 104 (67 %) | 172 (69 %) |
Observational studies | 52 (55 %) | 75 (48 %) | 127 (51 %) | |
Basic research | 37 (39 %) | 78 (50 %) | 115 (46 %) | |
Reviews | 32 (34 %) | 48 (31 %) | 80 (32 %) | |
SRs/MAs | 29 (31 %) | 63 (0 %) | 92 (37 %) | |
Clinical practice guidelines | 25 (26 %) | 65 (42 %) | 90 (36 %) | |
Ancient literature | 27 (28 %) | 61 (39 %) | 88 (35 %) | |
Others | 1 (1 %) | 3 (2 %) | 4 (2 %) | |
Satisfaction of the information acquired from the literature | Very satisfied | 1 (1 %) | 1 (1 %) | 2 (2 %) |
Satisfied | 56 (59 %) | 85 (54 %) | 141 (56 %) | |
Sometimes satisfied | 28 (29 %) | 54 (35 %) | 82 (33 %) | |
Not satisfied | 10 (11 %) | 16 (10 %) | 26 (10 %) | |