TY - JOUR AU - Ngusie, Habtamu Setegn AU - Ahmed, Mohammadjud Hasen AU - Mengiste, Shegaw Anagaw AU - Kebede, Mihretu M AU - Shemsu, Shuayib AU - Kanfie, Shuma Gosha AU - Kassie, Sisay Yitayih AU - Kalayou, Mulugeta Hayelom AU - Gullslett, Monika Knudsen TI - The effect of capacity building evidence-based medicine training on its implementation among healthcare professionals in Southwest Ethiopia: a controlled quasi-experimental outcome evaluation. JO - BMC medical informatics and decision making VL - 23 IS - 1 SN - 1472-6947 CY - London PB - BioMed Central M1 - DKFZ-2023-01772 SP - 172 PY - 2023 AB - Evidence-based medicine (EBM) bridges research and clinical practice to enhance medical knowledge and improve patient care. However, clinical decisions in many African countries don't base on the best available scientific evidence. Hence, this study aimed to determine the effect of training interventions on background knowledge and awareness of EBM sources, attitude, competence, and practice of EBM among healthcare professionals.We designed a controlled group quasi-experimental pre-post test study to evaluate the effect of capacity-building EBM training. A total of 192 healthcare professionals were recruited in the study (96 from the intervention and 96 from the control group). We used a difference-in-differences (DID) analysis to determine the effect of the training. Along the way, we used a fixed effect panel-data regression model to assess variables that could affect healthcare professionals' practice of EBM. The cut point to determine the significant effect of EBM training on healthcare professionals' background knowledge and awareness of EBM sources, attitude, and competence was at a P-value < 0.05.The DID estimator showed a significant net change of 8.0 KW - Capacity building training (Other) KW - Competence (Other) KW - Evidence-based medicine (Other) KW - Evidence-based practice (Other) KW - Healthcare professionals (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:37653419 DO - DOI:10.1186/s12911-023-02272-7 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/282457 ER -