Facilitators and barriers to use of clinical practice guidelines among physicians in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
The majority of physicians in Nigeria are aware of CPGs. Addressing the identified barriers to CPG utilisation, organising training on the use of CPGs and making CPGs readily available in soft copy versions and in a simple, concise and easily adaptable format may improve their use.
Authors
- Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0111-2843)
- Stanley Ngoka
- Dapo Sunday Oyedepo
- Augustine N. Odili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4564-1587)
- Olusegun I. Adebisi
- Manmak Mamven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-6689)
- Grace Oghenetega Akinyosoye
- Titilope Adetoun Bamikefa
- Adejare Adedire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3941-3270)
- Imuetinyan Rashida Edeki
- Godswill Thomas Eromosele
- Samuel Chibuzor Ajekwu
- Hyacinth Tochukwu Eze
Institutions
- Federal University of Technology Owerri (NG)
- Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (NG)
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NG)
- Osun State University (NG)
- University of Benin Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Federal Medical Centre (NG)
- University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (NG)
- University of Abuja (NG)
- Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089535
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51