Table 3.
Patients’ and physicians’ attitudes towards IV iron therapy at baseline and follow-up in the analysis population
| Baseline (n = 299) |
Follow-up (n = 248) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Patients’ questionnaire | ||
| Question 1.1: I am hesitant to be treated with IV iron, n (%) | ||
| Not at all | 228 (76.3) | 194 (78.2) |
| Slightly agree | 33 (11.0) | 31 (12.5) |
| Mostly agree | 12 (4.0) | 9 (3.6) |
| Completely agree | 21 (7.0) | 13 (5.2) |
| Not answered | 5 (1.7) | 1 (0.4) |
| Missing | 20 | 71 |
| Stability or positive change in attitude of patients towards IV iron (question 1.1),a | (n = 237) | |
| n (%) | 204 (86.1) | |
| Physicians’ questionnaire | (n = 299) | (n = 255) |
| Question 1.1: I am hesitant to treat with IV iron, n (%) | ||
| Not at all | 247 (82.6) | 208 (81.6) |
| Slightly agree | 19 (6.4) | 30 (11.8) |
| Mostly agree | 26 (8.7) | 16 (6.3) |
| Completely agree | 7 (2.3) | – |
| Not answered | – | 1 (0.4) |
| Missing | 20 | 64 |
| Stability or positive change in attitude of physicians towards IV iron (question 1.1),a | (n = 246) | |
| n (%) | 224 (91.1) | |
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aOnly questionnaires that were answered at both baseline and follow-up were included in this calculation