Table 4

Use of Databases for health information by physicians in Ibadan, Nigeria
Variable
 House officers (N = 45)
 Medical Officers (N = 23)
 Registrars (N = 104)
 Total (N = 172)

No
 %
 No
 %
 No
 %
 No
 %
Ever searched a database







Yes
 32
 71.1
 16
 69.6
 83
 79.8
 131
 76.2
No
 13
 28.9
 7
 30.4
 21
 20.2
 41
 23.8
Which of these databases did you search the last time?







MEDLINE/PUBMED
 32
 71.1
 16
 69.6
 82
 78.8
 130
 75.6
Cochrane
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 1
 1.0
 1
 0.6
No Response
 13
 28.9
 7
 30.4
 21
 20.2
 41
 23.8
Did you obtain relevant health information from the database for patient care?







Yes
 25
 55.6
 15
 65.2
 71
 68.3
 111
 64.5
No
 20
 44.4
 8
 34.8
 33
 31.7
 61
 35.5
Online Evidence Based Medicine sources ever searched.







Cochrane
 2
 4.4
 2
 8.7
 8
 7.7
 12
 7.0
Up-to-date
 1
 2.2
 0
 0.0
 8
 7.7
 9
 5.3
Clinical Evidence
 7
 15.7
 7
 30.4
 13
 12.5
 27
 15.7
Others
 2
 4.4
 0
 0.0
 17
 16.3
 19
 11.0
No Response
 33
 73.3
 14
 60.9
 58
 55.8
 105
 61.0
Total
 45
 100
 23
 100
 104
 100
 172
 100

Ajuwon Biomedical Digital Libraries 2006 3:12   doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-12