title: Evidence-based practice among Swedish medical social workers.
abstract: We have explored Swedish medical social workers' attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and behavior concerning evidence-based practice (EBP) and investigated the properties of a questionnaire to measure EBP. One hundred seventy-four Swedish medical social workers within university hospital care and primary care participated in a cross-sectional survey. Our results showed positive attitudes toward EBP and the use of evidence to support clinical decision making. EBP was seen as necessary and something that needed to be implemented more often. The main barriers to implementing EBP were lack of time (78%), the perception that EBP does not take into account the limitations of the clinical practice setting (78%), and lack of knowledge about relevant research (46%).
authors.affiliation: a Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Sciences , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heiwe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nilsson-Kajermo
authors.forename: Mariann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: Catharina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gåfvels
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wengström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D000078329:Workforce; D055815:Young Adult