knowledge, attitude, and practices among iranian neurologists toward evidence-based medicine

background: evidence-based medicine (ebm) is a current practice in medicine to produce clinical practice guidelines from well-designed, randomized, controlled trials. we studied knowledge, attitude, and practice of ebm of neurologists who participated in the iranian congress of neurology. methods: a self-administered anonymous questionnaire was distributed and filled by neurologists. results: a total of 200 neurologists were randomly sampled and with response rate of 56%. 33.9% of responder had previously participated in ebm courses. results: the average total knowledge score was 4.05 ± 0.80 out of a maximum possible score of 5.0. textbooks were still the most favorite source of knowledge for our neurologists. a lack of time was the highest, and motivation the least mentioned barrier in using ebm. conclusion: overall, the iranian neurologist had acceptable knowledge and attitude toward ebm and had same similar as found in other studies.