TY - JOUR T1 - Clinician Use of Primary Care Research Reports JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 648 LP - 660 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200436 VL - 34 IS - 3 AU - William R. Phillips AU - Elizabeth Sturgiss AU - Angela Yang AU - Paul Glasziou AU - Tim Olde Hartman AU - Aaron Orkin AU - Grant M. Russell AU - Chris van Weel Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/3/648.abstract N2 - Purpose: To assess how primary care practitioners use reports of general health care (GHC) and primary care (PC) research and how well reports deliver what they need to inform clinical practice.Methods: International, interprofessional online survey, 2019, of primary care clinicians who see patients at least half time. Respondents used frequency scales to report how often they access both GHC and PC research and how frequently reports meet needs. Free-text short comments recorded comments and suggestions.Results: Survey yielded 252 respondents across 29 nations, 55% (121) women, including 88% (195) physicians, nurses 5% (11), and physician assistants 3% (7). Practitioners read research reports frequently but find they usually fail to meet their needs. For PC research, 33% (77) accessed original reports in academic journals weekly or daily, and 36% found reports meet needs “frequently” or “always.” They access reports of GHC research slightly more often but find them somewhat less useful.Conclusions: PC practitioners access original research in academic journals frequently but find reports meet information needs less than half the time. PC research reflects the unique PC setting and so reporting has distinct focus, needs, and challenges. Practitioners desire improved reporting of study context, interventions, relationships, generalizability, and implementation. ER -