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August 1, 2025Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Factors Affecting Family Physicians' Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines

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İÇİsmail ÇifçiEKEsra Meltem Koç

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Overview

Survey reveals clinical practice guidelines improve treatment effectiveness in family physicians, suggesting barriers exist.

Key Points

  • Family physicians widely use clinical practice guidelines, with 77.3% having used them at least once.
  • Guidelines for hypertension and diabetes are the most frequently utilized, indicating a preference for chronic disease management.
  • A questionnaire based on Likert-scale responses assessed awareness and behavior towards guidelines among 384 family physicians.
  • Barriers to guidelines use include time constraints and the abundance of available guidelines, highlighting areas for policy improvement.

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Çifçi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af4ec6ad7bf08b1ead7fe2https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.70228
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