Table 3

Summary of hypotheses


Hypothesised relationship with need for cognition and/or faith in intuition


KNOWLEDGE

1) awareness of the recently published guidelines
Higher need for cognition and/or Lower faith in intuition (Hypotheses 1 – 4)
2) knowing the topics included in the guidelines

3) correctly answering questions about topics covered in the guidelines

CLINICAL PRACTICE

4) overall higher estimate of guideline-concordant clinical practice
Higher faith in intuition and/or Lower need for cognition (Hypotheses 5 – 6)
5) overall higher estimate of guideline – discordant clinical practice

6) higher estimate of guidelines discordant clinical practice across eight clinical scenarios


Sladek et al. Implementation Science 2008 3:23   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-23