Attitudes chiropractors have towards evidence based practice and how this compares to other healthcare professionals. A qualitative Study Gary Hall Wansbeck Chiropractic Clinic

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Attitudes chiropractors have towards evidence
based practice and how this compares to other
healthcare professionals. A qualitative
StudyGary Hall Wansbeck Chiropractic Clinic
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Evidence Based Practice

• Defined as the conscientious, explicit and
  judicious use of current best evidence in making
  decisions about the care of the individual
  patients. (Sackett)

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Aim of the study

• Establish attitudes towards EBP amongst
  chiropractors.
• Identify barriers in the up take of EBP amongst
  field chiropractors.
• Compare chiropractors to other healthcare
  professionals in the usage of EBP

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Study Group

• Seven Chiropractors practising in the North East
  of England.
• Graduates of AECC, Glamorgan, Mctimoney,
  Melbourne Australia and forma Oxford College.
• Average years in practice 8 years.

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Attitude Findings

• All of the chiropractors considered research
  important for the development of the profession.
• Only two chiropractors thought research was
  relevant to their practice.
• None of the chiropractors routinely sourced
  chiropractic research.
• Chiropractic research was seen more justification
  driven rather than experimentally driven

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Barriers Identifed

• Time constraints
• Understanding research terminology
• Clinical relevance
• Access to research
• Lack of research skills

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Attitudes towards EBP in other healthcare
professions

• Large amount of literature highlights the lack of
  up take of EBP by various healthcare
  professionals.
• Similar barriers are identified in the lack of
  EBP uptake amongst professions
• Barriers identified time constraints, research
  terminology, access to research, lack of impact
  in clinical setting.

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How Chiropractors compare to other healthcare
professionals

• Lack of understanding Research terminology was