Table 3

Respondents' use of selected information sources to inform clinical practice in the previous 2 years

PublicationYes, definitelyYes, maybeNoDon't knowNo response
*Effective Medicine Today is a fictitious publication.
Bandolier 201 (14%)158 (11%)301 (21%)430 (31%)316 (23%)
Refereed journals (e.g. BMJ)522 (37%)297 (21%)131 (9%)303 (22%)153 (11%)
Effective Health Care 144 (10%)155 (11%)286 (20%)461 (33%)360 (26%)
Drug & Therapeutics 395 (28%)239 (17%)170 (12%)361 (26%)241 (17%)
Effective Medicine Today* 30 (2%)69 (5%)369 (26%)514 (37%)424 (30%)
Effectiveness Matters 62 (4%)75 (5%)339 (24%)518 (27%)412 (29%)
Evidence Based Medicine 80 (6%)126 (9%)334 (24%)495 (35%)371 (26%)
Evidence Based Nursing 75 (5%)94 (7%)349 (25%)490 (35%)397 (28%)