Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea

Ye-Seul Lee; Duck-Won Oh; Sung-Soo Kim

doi:10.5114/pq.2022.116448

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Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea

Ye-Seul Lee

¹

,

Duck-Won Oh

²

,

Sung-Soo Kim

³

Department of Physical Therapy, National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Department of Health Administration and Healthcare, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

Physiother Quart. 2022;30(3):19–26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.116448

Online publish date: 2022/06/20

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Lee Y, Oh D, Kim S. Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea. Physiotherapy Quarterly. 2022;30(3):19-26. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.116448.

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Lee, Y., Oh, D.,  & Kim, S. (2022). Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea. Physiotherapy Quarterly, 30(3), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.116448

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Lee, Ye-Seul, Duck-Won Oh,  and Sung-Soo Kim. 2022. "Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea". Physiotherapy Quarterly 30 (3): 19-26. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.116448.

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Lee, Y., Oh, D.,  and Kim, S. (2022). Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea. Physiotherapy Quarterly, 30(3), pp.19-26. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.116448

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Lee, Ye-Seul et al. "Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea." Physiotherapy Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, 2022, pp. 19-26. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.116448.

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Lee Y, Oh D, Kim S. Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea. Physiotherapy Quarterly. 2022;30(3):19-26. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.116448.

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Factors influencing attitudes toward, education, skills, barriers, and application of evidence-based practice among physiotherapists in South Korea

Ye-Seul Lee 1 , Duck-Won Oh 2 , Sung-Soo Kim 3

Ye-Seul Lee

¹

,

Duck-Won Oh

²

,

Sung-Soo Kim

³