A survey of beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors about evidence-based practice in physical therapists of Latin America: a cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorMorales Osorio, Marco Antonio
dc.contributor.authorOrdóñez-Mora, Leidy Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorGutiérrez Espinoza, Héctor
dc.contributor.authorAraya-Quintanilla, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorBays Moneo, Ana Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorRamírez Vélez, Robinson
dc.contributor.departmentCiencias de la Saludes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentOsasun Zientziakeu
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-06T13:24:28Z
dc.date.available2025-03-06T13:24:28Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-09
dc.date.updated2025-03-06T13:18:53Z
dc.description.abstractEvidence-based practice (EBP) refers to the integration of scientific evidence into the clinical setting. This study aimed to determine whether Latin American physiotherapists use EBP, analyze the associated factors, barriers, and facilitators, and examine the relationships between these elements in clinical practice. To conduct this cross-sectional study, the web-based questionnaire survey method was chosen. Survey was self-administered questionnaires to assess understanding of various EBP-related terms and determine their knowledge and ability to apply these concepts in clinical practice. The association between attitudes, awareness, and knowledge scores and the demographic data such as age group, years of experience, professional membership registry, and self-reported education was assessed. The questionnaire was distributed to a total of 5000 physical therapists, of which 4099 (82%) responded from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, México, Perú, and Venezuela), between June 1, 2020, and May 31, 2024. Overall, the physical therapists had positive attitudes, beliefs, and interests in EBP. Their educational background, knowledge, and skills related to assessing and interpreting information were associated to the use of EBP. In addition, 53% of respondents indicated that lack of time was the main obstacle to the use of EBP. The top 3 barriers included insufficient time (53%), lack of information resources (20.8%), and lack of research tools (13.6%). Among Latin American physical therapists, individual characteristics workplace, clinical experience, educational background, and demographic characteristics, may behave as facilitators or barriers when performing an EBP. Thus, identifying methods and strategies to support physical therapists in adopting EBP in the Latin American is necessary. The academization of physiotherapy training might change this in the future.en
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by Dirección General de Investigaciones of Universidad Santiago de Cali under call No. DGI 01-2024).
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dc.identifier.citationMorales-Osorio, M. A., Ordoñez-Mora, L. T., Gutiérrez-Espinoza, H., Araya-Quintanilla, F., Bays-Moneo, A., Ramírez-Vélez, R. (2024). A survey of beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors about evidence-based practice in physical therapists of Latin America: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78703-w.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-024-78703-w
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/53682
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports (2024) 14:27404
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78703-w
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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dc.subjectAttitudesen
dc.subjectBarriersen
dc.subjectEvidence-based practiceen
dc.subjectKnowledgeen
dc.subjectLatin Americanen
dc.titleA survey of beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors about evidence-based practice in physical therapists of Latin America: a cross-sectional studyen
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