Table 2.

Provider Attitudes Toward Skin Cancer Counseling Before and After Basic Skin Cancer Triage (n = 22)

Positive Statements About Early Detection	Score Before Intervention*	Score After Intervention	Mean Change	95% CI	P Value
Overall agreement	4.09	4.22	0.13	−0.01 to 0.32	.19
Physicians can be effective in helping patients decrease skin cancer risk	4.40	4.60	0.20	−0.04 to 0.50	.10
Patients want counseling about skin cancer prevention	3.60	3.80	0.20	−0.23 to 0.51	.50
Physician advice is one of the best ways of influencing a patients' decision to reduce their risk	4.00	4.20	0.20	−0.11 to 0.48	.20
Physician counseling about skin cancer prevention can save lives	4.30	4.20	−0.10	−0.34 to 0.24	.80

^*On a 1-to-5 Likert Scale: 1 = never; 2 = sometimes; 3 = about half; 4 = often; 5 = almost always.