TY - JOUR
T1 - physicians' perceptions of consensus reports
AU - Hill, Martha N.
AU - Weisman, Carol S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The analysis of this study was funded in part by NHLBI Order No. 203-MD-513925 and supported in part by an NIH grant 5M01-RR00722 (OPD-GCRC). The assistance of Margaret Solnik and Kay Lasseter is greatly appreciated.
PY - 1991/8
Y1 - 1991/8
N2 - In a pretest-posttest panel survey of 595 eligible Maryland physicians practicing family or general medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, or nephrology, perceptions of consensus reports designed to alter medical practice are examined. On a 7-point scale, physicians reported positive or neutral views of descriptors, most favorably rating credible (mean = 2.25) and reliable (mean = 2.41), and least favorably rating biased (mean = 3.79). In a regression analysis of factors influencing changes in practice behavior congruent with consensus recommendations before and 1 year after the release of a consensus report on hypertension (8), these perceptions were not significant determinants. The strongest predictor of congruent practice behavior a year after the report was published was congruent practice behavior just prior to the report's release, and the second strongest predictor was perceived influence of the report's sources/sponsors.
AB - In a pretest-posttest panel survey of 595 eligible Maryland physicians practicing family or general medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, or nephrology, perceptions of consensus reports designed to alter medical practice are examined. On a 7-point scale, physicians reported positive or neutral views of descriptors, most favorably rating credible (mean = 2.25) and reliable (mean = 2.41), and least favorably rating biased (mean = 3.79). In a regression analysis of factors influencing changes in practice behavior congruent with consensus recommendations before and 1 year after the release of a consensus report on hypertension (8), these perceptions were not significant determinants. The strongest predictor of congruent practice behavior a year after the report was published was congruent practice behavior just prior to the report's release, and the second strongest predictor was perceived influence of the report's sources/sponsors.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0266462300004827
DO - 10.1017/S0266462300004827
M3 - Article
C2 - 2032774
AN - SCOPUS:0025922675
SN - 0266-4623
VL - 7
SP - 30
EP - 41
JO - International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
JF - International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
IS - 1
ER -
