This approach is useful for obtaining information about knowledge, ideas, opinions and attitudes in a community or group, particularly when little preknowledge about an issue is available [ 23, 24].
The former tool was administered to the HCWs to obtain information about knowledge and practices on infection control and their responses were filled in by the data collectors while the latter tool was used to assess availability of infection control resources and capacity to monitor nosocomial infections (Additional file 1).
In the second part of the questionnaire physicians were asked where they obtained information about advance directive legislation, their knowledge about the different kinds of advance directives (binding versus non-binding), and if they knew patients had the right to revoke the directive.
Some of the parents had not obtained, or were not aware of having obtained, information about the consequences of ETS on children, and the parents' knowledge of these consequences was sparse.
She also obtained information about the other FMGs in Montreal.
Overall, 46.7% of respondents had obtained information about cancer.
The SEA-ORCHID project was interested in obtaining information about the knowledge and access of on-line evidence-based information.
A short description of each implementation strategy applied can be found in Additional file 2. A structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview guidelines were used to obtain information about nurses' knowledge of fall prevention and the Falls CPG; their attitudes towards evidence-based guidelines; and influencing factors based on the CFIR.
We performed interviews with the staff (general nurse, TB worker, laboratory technician, and head of health center) of the 25 PHCs of Sidoarjo district to obtain information about the knowledge of TB, health education practices, and availability of support services for TB diagnosis.
Fourth, as the majority of CM treatments were recommended by psychiatrists to their patients, obtaining information about psychiatrists' attitudes and knowledge of CM would be helpful in devising safe and effective strategies of concomitant CM and antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Firstly, we used 36 items of a published instrument from the "Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice" (PCEP) at Harvard Medical School to obtain information about self-estimation in knowledge, skills and attitude towards PC [ 30].
