Figure 2.
Physicians found more benefit to patient care when guided by the profile. Physicians were asked to rate the benefit of the profile to their patient on a scale of 1 to 5 (1: no benefit, 5: significant benefit). Physicians rated profile more 0.9 points higher for patient benefit if they used it to guide decisions (mean rating [SD]: not guided, 2.7 [1.3]; guided 3.6 [1.0]; total n = 1822). As ratings increased, physicians who used the profile to guide decisions were on average 4.40 times more likely to rate the benefit of the profile higher than physicians who did not make guided decisions. (P = 1.35 × 10−58, adjusted for age, gender, and race). Each bar represents the proportion of patients whose physician’s decisions were guided or not guided.