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Table 2 Percentages of participants agreeing / disagreeing with different statements, by profession/specialty

From: Challenges associated with the integration of immuno-oncology agents in clinical practice

 

% (n) agree or disagree with statementa

 

Statement

Oncologist

Rheuma-tologist

Emergency Department Physician

Pulmo-

nologist

Path-

ologist

Interventional radiologist

Nurse practitioner

Physician assistant

Clinical Pharmacist

Asymptotic Significance (2-sided)b

“In my setting, electronic medical records are not always up to date regarding new treatments”(n=547)

Agree

49.4%

(43)

62.8%

(27)

48.8%

(21)

65.9%

(29)

61.9%

(26)

48.8%

(21)

31.8%

(28)

44.8%

(30)

44.4%

(40)

0.015

Neutral

23%

(20)

14%

(6)

20.9%

(9)

13.6%

(6)

7.1%

(3)

25.6%

(11)

19.3%

(17)

19.4%

(13)

23.3%

(21)

 

Disagree

27.6%

(24)

23.3%

(10)

30.2%

(13)

20.5%

(9)

31%

(13)

25.6%

(11)

48.9%

(43)

35.8%

(24)

32.2%

(29)

“Despite the volume of new agents available, very few constitute real innovations” (n=375)

Agree

43.2%

(38)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

43.2%

(19)

23.9%

(21)

32.8%

(22)

35.2%

(31)

0.016

Neutral

33%

(29)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

34.1%

(15)

29.5%

(26)

26.9%

(18)

38.6%

(34)

 

Disagree

23.9%

(21)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

22.7%

(10)

46.6%

(41)

40.3%

(27)

26.1%

(23)

Current guidelines do not reflect current treatment landscape (n=374)

Agree

42.0% (37)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

59.5% (25)

21.6% (19)

37.9% (25)

32.2% (29)

0.001

Neutral

39.8% (35)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

31.0% (13)

39.8% (35)

27.3% (18)

44.4% (40)

 

Disagree

18.2% (16)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9.5% (4)

38.6% (34)

34.8% (23)

23.3% (31)

“I prefer prescribing treatments I am familiar with, unless the risk-reward is really important” (n=275)

Agree

64.4%

(56)

N/A

43.2%

(19)

N/A

N/A

78.1%

(32)

49.4%

(41)

57.8%

(37)

N/A

0.011

Neutral

24.1%

(21)

N/A

34.1%

(15)

N/A

N/A

19.5%

(8)

24.1%

(20)

20.3%

(13)

N/A

 

Disagree

11.5%

(10)

N/A

22.7%

(10)

N/A

N/A

2.4%

(1)

26.5%

(22)

21.9%

(14)

N/A

“I expect other health care professionals in charge of completing the biopsy to know exactly how much tissue is required” (n=247)

Agree

74.4%

(32)

N/A

N/A

64.3% (27)

44.2% (19)

N/A

76.2% (32)

67.4% (29)

82.4% (28)

0.000

Neutral

23.3%

(10)

N/A

N/A

16.7% (7)

16.3% (7)

N/A

11.9% (5)

23.3% (10)

8.8%

(3)

 

Disagree

2.3%

(1)

N/A

N/A

19.0% (8)

39.5% (17)

N/A

11.9%

(5)

9.3% (4)

8.8%

(3)

  1. N/A = Question was not asked to this profession/specialty sub-group 
  2. aParticipants indicated their level of agreement to these statements using a 5-point scale: 1-Strongly agree, 2- Agree, 3- Neither agree nor disagree, 4- Disagree, 5- Strongly disagree. This table has grouped responses into Agree (1, 2) Neutral (3) and Disagree (4, 5)
  3. bSignificance across all profession/specialty sub-groups determined by two-sided Pearson’s chi-square tests 
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