Table 3.

Family physicians’ ratings of their confidence in their ability to diagnose and manage geriatric conditions and geriatric specialists’ ratings of their confidence in family physicians’ ability to diagnose and manage chronic conditions: Level of agreement was measured on a 9-point Likert scale, on which 1 is the lowest level and 9 is the highest level.

PERCEPTIONS OF CONFIDENCE	FAMILY PHYSICIANS (N = 29), MEAN (SD)	GERIATRIC SPECIALISTS (N = 9), MEAN (SD)	P VALUE FOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROUPS
You are confident in your ability or family physicians’ ability to diagnose older patients in primary care with the following:
• HF	7.1 (1.4)	6.9 (1.4)	.64
• High risk of falls	6.6 (1.7)	5.8 (1.5)	.20
• COPD	7.2 (1.4)	6.8 (1.5)	.43
• Frailty	6.8 (1.7)	4.9 (2.0)	.01*
You are confident in your ability or family physicians’ ability to manage older patients in primary care with the following:
• HF	6.8 (1.7)	6.7 (1.0)	.74
• High risk of falls	6.0 (1.9)	5.3 (1.2)	.36
• COPD	7.0 (1.6)	6.7 (1.0)	.52
• Frailty	6.0 (1.9)	4.7 (1.5)	.06
You are confident in your ability or family physicians’ ability to manage older patients with the following:
• ≤ 3 chronic comorbidities	7.0 (1.4)	6.1 (1.5)	.10
• ≥ 4 comorbidities	6.7 (1.7)	5.2 (1.6)	.03*

COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HF—heart failure.

^*Significant at P ≤ .05.