Table 8.
Changes to attitudes and beliefs
| Statement | Facility Staff | GPs & Pharmacists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (n = 177) | After 12 months (n = 27) | P* value | Baseline (n = 61) | After 12 months (n = 33) | P* value | |
|
Vitamin D supplements are not a particularly important falls prevention strategy (proportion answering ‘disagree’ or ‘strongly disagree’) |
65.0 | 74.1 | 0.4 | 86.9 | 87.9 | ~ 1 |
|
Vitamin D supplements should be recommended for people living in residential aged care facilities unless there is a medical reason to withhold vitamin D (proportion answering ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’) |
71.2 | 81.5 | 0.3 | 83.6 | 84.8 | ~ 1 |
|
Vitamin D supplement use will unnecessarily increase the total number of medications (proportion answering ‘disagree’ or ‘strongly disagree’) |
52.0 | 70.4 | 0.1 | 70.5 | 75.8 | 0.7 |
|
Vitamin D supplements are affordable for the majority of residents (proportion answering ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’) |
54.8 | 63.0 | 0.5 | 62.3 | 81.8 | 0.08 |
*Calculated using the χ2 test, all values not statistically significant