AUTHOR=Al Anazi Salem Khalaf , Al Zahrani Waleed Abdullah , Alsanad Mohammed Abdulaziz , Alzahrani Matar Saeed , Al Ghamdi Ibrahim Saeed , Alotaibi Abdulmueen Awadh , Al maliki Mohammed Ali , Asiri Hamzah Mohammed , Alshehri Ghirman Mohammed , Alanazi Abdullah Salem , Al Anazi Abdulelah Khalaf 

TITLE=A cross-sectional survey exploring the attitude, knowledge, and use of anesthesia teams toward evidence-based practice in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1017106

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.1017106

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Background: 
Evidence-based practice (EBP) plays a crucial role in improving the quality of healthcare services by ensuring the delivery of the highest and safest level of patients’ care, since EBP helps in justifying treatment choices to patients. There is a lack of studies that investigate anaesthesia teams’ levels of EBP knowledge, attitude towards EBP and awareness of the use of EBP within their practice.


Aim:
To explore anaesthesia teams’ levels of knowledge, attitude towards and use of evidence-based practice in a local hospital in Saudi Arabia.


Method:
A cross-sectional survey was used with a convenience sampling technique in a single hospital, applying a valid and reliable questionnaire instrument, namely the Evidence Based Practice Questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed through an online method to 173 participants. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were utilised to analyse the retrieved data, using the SPSS program.


Results:
One hundred and forty questionnaires were completed and returned, yielding a response rate of 80.9%. Overall, anaesthesia teams showed a high positive attitude towards EBP, but low levels of knowledge and practice of EBP. Participants with higher levels of education and/or work experience exhibited significantly higher levels of knowledge and use of EBP than did those who had lower education levels and/or work experience. Also, higher levels of education and/or work experience exhibited a significant positive association towards higher level of knowledge and use of EBP. However, attitude levels towards EBP did not exhibit either significant or association results. Physicians showed significantly higher knowledge and use of EBP than non-physicians. Lack of knowledge and lack of time due to workload were the leading barriers encountered by anaesthesia teams.