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ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2020

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is properly perceived but its application is still limited in the orthopedic clinical practice: an online survey among the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) members.

G Lugano, S Gianola, G Castellini, G Banfi, R Seil, M Denti, Laura de Girolamo

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  3. ESSKA consensus initiative: why, when and how?Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2023
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  5. Creation of a specialist core curriculum for the European Society for Sports traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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G LuganoOrthopedic Biotechnology Laboratory, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy.
S GianolaUnit of Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
G CastelliniUnit of Clinical Epidemiology, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
G BanfiIRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
R SeilDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, Clinique d'Eich, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
M DentiIRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
Laura de GirolamoOrthopedic Biotechnology Laboratory, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. laura.degirolamo@grupposandonato.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9979-3092

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Ministero della Salute Ricerca Corrente
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the knowledge and awareness of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) among members of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA).

methodsA questionnaire was developed that explored the following areas: (i) respondents' attitudes to EBM; (ii) their motivation to implement EBM in daily practice; (iii) their educational background, knowledge and skills related to accessing and interpreting information; (iv) their level of attention to, and use of, scientific literature; (v) access to and availability of evidence; (vi) perceived barriers in using EBM in clinical practice. The resulting data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the correlation between age, educational background and country was further investigated.

resultsTwo-hundred and eighty-eight ESSKA members (11% of the total population) compiled the questionnaire. The participants covered all the five continents and an expected prevalence of European professionals (77%) was observed. The vast majority of participants were medical doctors (91%), mainly specialized in knee surgery with minimal involvement in research. 97% of the participants declared having some knowledge of EBM, acquired mainly during their professional education, with some geographical differences. The youngest clinicians and those from Eastern Europe reported the greatest difficulty in using EBM in daily practice. The application of EBM in clinical practice is positively affected by the time dedicated to research and negatively correlates with the time dedicated to patient care.

conclusionsThe results of this survey highlight the need for further investigation into the main reasons behind the limited diffusion of the EBM approach, despite the medical community's knowledge and interest in the concept. A wider application of EMB would upgrade clinical practice, linking medical knowledge and scientific evidence to patients' needs which would result of benefit to patients, but also more in general to the health system.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelEvidence-Based MedicineOrthopedicsSports MedicineAdultArthroscopyClinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansKneeMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultEvidence-based medicineKnowledgeMedical educationOrthopedicsSurvey

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