Knowledge, attitude, and practices among Iranian neurologists toward evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a current practice in medicine to produce clinical practice guidelines from well-designed, randomized, controlled trials. We studied knowledge, attitude, and practice of EBM of neurologists who participated in the Iranian congress of neurology.
A self-administered anonymous questionnaire was distributed and filled by neurologists.
A total of 200 neurologists were randomly sampled and with response rate of 56%. 33.9% of responder had previously participated in EBM courses. The average total knowledge score was 4.05 ± 0.80 out of a maximum possible score of 5.0. Textbooks were still the most favorite source of knowledge for our neurologists. A lack of time was the highest, and motivation the least mentioned barrier in using EBM.
Overall, the Iranian neurologist had acceptable knowledge and attitude toward EBM and had same similar as found in other studies.