Differences between Practitioner Ratings of Usefulness of Primary Care and General Health Care Research Reports
| Question | GHC Research Reports | PC Research Reports | n | Difference* PC - GHC Usefulness Scale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How often do research reports deliver what you need to: | Mean SD SEM | Mean SD SEM | Pairs | Z | P value |
| Understand the take-home message(s) | 2.60 0.65 0.04 | 2.72 0.66 0.04 | 225 | −2.77 | P = .0056 |
| Apply findings to your patients, practice, and community | 2.25 0.68 0.05 | 2.50 0.68 0.05 | 222 | −5.24 | P < .0001 |
| Change your clinical practice | 1.96 0.67 0.04 | 2.08 0.60 0.04 | 223 | −3.34 | P = .0008 |
| Critically appraise study quality | 2.18 0.79 0.05 | 2.20 0.73 0.05 | 218 | −0.25 | P = .80 |
| Consider further scholarship/research in your own context | 1.80 0.80 0.05 | 1.98 0.75 0.05 | 220 | −3.73 | P = .0002 |
Online survey 2019. n = 252.
↵* Wilcoxon matched pairs signed-rank test, 2-tailed, alpha = 0.01.
GHC, general health care; PC, primary care; SD, standard deviation.