Questionnaire for evaluating
the italian edition of “Clinical Evidence”
Sex / / M / / F Year of graduation / / / / /
Which of the following best describes you as a professional?
/ / General practitioner/ / Hospital specialist
/ / Outpatient specialist/ / Health care manager
/ / Medical school professor / / Other (please specify)……………………………………………………
What is your speciality (if any)?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Which region do you belong…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
1)Did you participate to any local meeting where Clinical Evidence (CE) was presented?
/ / YES/ / NO
2)Since you received the book have you ever consulted it?
/ / YES / / NO (if your answer is NO you can stop the questionnaire here)
3)During the last month, how often have you consulted the book?
/ / never/ / couple of times/ / 4-5 times/ / about twice a week
4)Please indicate your main reasons for consulting the book and how useful it has been
(you can choose more than one answer)
very usefulfairly useful not very useful totally useless don’t know
Keeping updated/ // // // // /
Seeking solution to specific clinical questions/ // // // // /
Preparing conferences/publications/ // // // // /
Other (please specify) ……………………………………/ // // // // /
5)Which chapters have you read?
/ / Cardiovascular dis. / / Infectious dis. / / Digestive dis. / / Respiratory dis.
/ / Ear nose & throat dis. / / Endocrine dis. / / Eye dis. / / Poisoning
/ / Muscoloskeletal dis. / / Kidney dis. / / Men’s health / / Skin dis.
/ / Venous leg ulcers / / Mental health / / Neurological dis. / / Child health
/ / Pregnancy & childbirth / / Sexual health / / Oral health / / Women’s health
6)Which sections have you read?
/ / questions and interventions/ / key messages
/ / detailed presentations
7)Did any of the chapters read not fulfil your expectations?
Please specify which one(s)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
8)How valid do you consider the scientific contents of CE?
/ // // // // /
veryfairlynot muchnot at alldon’t know
9)How clear/comprehensible do you consider the editorial and graphical style of CE?
/ // // // // /
veryfairlynot muchnot at alldon’t know
10)In your opinion, the information presented in CE is:
/ // // // /
too complexjust righttoo simpledon’t know
11)Considering your professional activity, how useful were the chapters you have read?
/ // // // // /
veryfairlynot muchnot at alldon’t know
12)Did any information read on CE foster changes in your clinical practice? Can you indicate at least one specific circumstance in which that happened?
/ / YES (please specify) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………/ / NO
13)By reading CE you found out that:
/ / common health care interventions are not evidence-based(please provide example(s) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
/ / some effective interventions are underused (please provide example(s) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. / / I didn’t find anything really surprising me
14)Do you think CE could foster interprofessional collaboration?
(you can choose more than one answer)
/ / YES (among specialists)/ / YES (among general practitioners)/ / NO
/ / YES (between specialists and general practitioners)/ / don’t know
15)In your opinion, which definition suits CE ?
/ / textbook/ / guidelines collection / / a medical crib
/ / a book for keeping up to date / / other (please specify) ……………………………………………
16)In case, would you have preferred a guidelines collection?
/ / YES (please specify why) ……………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………
/ / NO/ / don’t know
17)Do you have any suggestion?
Please specify ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COLLABORATION!
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