Requesting physicians' experiences regarding infectious disease consultations

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Adherence and satisfaction regarding infectious disease consultation.

	Senior physicians n= 138		Residents n= 49		p-value
Variables	n	%^a	n	%^a
Declared adherence to recommendations
Therapeutic recommendations					0.89
I fully followed the recommendations	113	81.9	42	85.7
I partially followed the recommendations	17	12.3	4	8.2
I rarely followed the recommendations	0	-	0	-
Diagnostic recommendations					0.12
I fully followed the recommendations	112	81.2	35	71.4
I partially followed the recommendations	16	11.6	10	20.4
I rarely followed the recommendations	0	-	0	-
Opinion
Pertinence of recommendations					0.15
Very good	80	58.0	32	65.3
Good	48	34.8	13	26.5
Poor	0	-	1	2.0
Very poor	0	-	0	-
Atmosphere during exchanges					0.94
Very good	91	65.9	32	65.3
Good	38	27.5	13	26.5
Poor	0	-	0	-
Very poor	0	-	0	-
Overall satisfaction					0.17
Very satisfied	80	58.0	31	63.3
Somewhat satisfied	49	35.5	13	26.5
Somewhat dissatisfied	0	-	1	2.0
Very dissatisfied	0	-	0	-
Expect to request consultation again					0.68
Certainly	122	88.4	44	89.8
Probably	7	5.1	1	2.0
Probably not	0	-	0	-
Certainly not	0	-	0	-
Recommendation to a colleague					0.43
Certainly	123	89.1	42	85.7
Probably	5	3.6	3	6.1
Probably not	0	-	0	-
Certainly not	0	-	0	-

^a The percentages for each item did not total 100% because several physicians did not answer all items

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