Table 3.
Strategies always or usually recommended by physicians to prevent pneumonia in their older adult patients.
| Family Physicians | ER Physicians | ||||||
| Prevention Strategy | Always % | Usually % | Combined % | Always % | Usually % | Combined % | P-value* |
| Annual influenza vaccination | 85.7 | 14.3 | 100 | 36.4 | 45.5 | 81.9 | <0.05 |
| Smoking cessation | 84.1 | 15.9 | 100 | 54.5 | 36.4 | 90.9 | >0.05 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine | 65.1 | 33.3 | 98.4 | 36.4 | 27.3 | 63.7 | <0.01 |
| Avoidance of tobacco smoke | 48.4 | 35.5 | 83.9 | 36.4 | 54.5 | 90.9 | >0.05 |
| Frequent hand washing | 20.6 | 44.4 | 65.0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 36.4 | >0.05 |
| Nutritional programs | 6.3 | 22.2 | 28.5 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 18.2 | >0.05 |
| Rehabilitation (OT and/or PT) | 1.6 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 18.2 | >0.05 |
*Comparison of "combined" percentages.