Table 3.

Comparison of Physicians' Attitudes About Pneumonia Care Before and After the Guideline Intervention (n= 58)

	Preguideline		Postguideline
Pneumonia Attitude Questions	Agree, *%	Rating † Mean (SD)	Agree, *%	Rating † Mean (SD)	DifferenceScore ‡	p Value
All pneumonia patients >65 years old should be admitted to the hospital	52	3.0 (1.22)	14	1.96 (1.02)	1.03	.0001
Most patients with pneumonia have a >15% chance of death within 30 days	11	1.96 (0.96)	5	1.57 (0.86)	0.39	.007

^*Percentage who “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with the above statements.

^†Mean rating on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = no opinion, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly agree).

^‡Mean difference score is the average difference between an individual physician's postguideline rating and preguideline rating. Significance is based on a paired Student's t test of the mean difference scores.