Table 4.

Results for the Attitudes towards Guidelines Scale (AGS) at baseline and follow-up.

Disagree – Agree (score 1–7)	Baseline (n = 50)				Follow-up (n = 44)
	n	Md	IQR	Min-max	n	Md	IQR	Min-max	U	p
AGS
Guidelines are useful as educational tools	50	5	1	2–7	43	6	2	3–7
Guidelines are a convenient source of advice	50	6	1	2–7	43	6	2	4–7
Guidelines can facilitate communication with patients and their relatives	50	5.5	1	3–7	42	5	3	1–7
Guidelines can improve the quality of healthcare	50	6	1	4–7	43	6	1	3–7
Guidelines are based on scientific evidence	49	5	2	3–7	43	6	2	4–7
Guidelines are made by experts	49	4	1	1–7	43	5	2	2–7
My professional competence is insufficient for adopting the latest guidelines†,‡	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Most people in my workplace have disapproving attitudes about guidelines†	49	6	2	3–7	42	6	2	3–7
Guidelines are not valued in our organisation†	49	6	1	2–7	42	6	1	3–7
Implementing guidelines is too expensive for us†	48	6	2	3–7	41	6	2	3–7
Guidelines challenge the autonomy of care professionals†	50	6	2	3–7	42	6	2	4–7
Guidelines oversimplify the practice†,‡	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guidelines are difficult to find if needed†,‡	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
I have not seen any guidelines in our ward†	50	6	2	3–7	42	7	1	2–7
Total score (11 items)	50	6	1	3–7	43	6	2	4–7	845	.060

^†Negatively asked question; scores reversed in the analysis.

^‡Excluded from the analysis due to a corrected item-total correlation <.3 and, if deleted, increasing the Cronbach's alpha value.