Importance of different change strategies to medical practice2-150
| Rank each one of the following strategies according to the importance you attach to them, that is, their potential influence in changing your way of handling a given health problem. (1 = the most important one; 9 = the least important one) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-ranges | Mean | SD | |
| Attendance at training courses, reading articles and reports | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.68 |
| Establishment of a self developed protocol written by the health centre's professionals | 3.27 | 3.26 | 1.64 |
| Discussion with other colleagues on the way of handling patients with a given health problem | 3.55 | 3.55 | 1.59 |
| Feedback from patients treated for a given problem | 4.52 | 4.51 | 1.76 |
| Assessment and quality control strategies | 4.63 | 4.62 | 2.11 |
| Establishment of a protocol coming from higher levels | 5.05 | 5.05 | 2.00 |
| Patients' demands | 6.94 | 6.93 | 1.76 |
| Existence of financial incentives | 7.44 | 7.43 | 1.83 |
| Information provided by pharmaceutical companies' visitors | 7.65 | 7.64 | 1.59 |
| n=510 | p<0.001 | ||
↵2-150 Mid-ranges (Friedman test), mean (SD). Items grouped in every cell do not show statistically significant differences between them, but present them in connection with the other cells.