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Table 2 Guideline recommended procedures

From: Palliative care in general practice; a questionnaire study on the GPs role and guideline implementation in Norway

 

N (%)

Use of guideline recommendations

Agreea

Neutral

Disagreeb

I use forms for symptom assessment regularly

28 (20)

22 (16)

90 (64)

The use of such forms is unknown to me

40 (29)

19 (14)

80 (57)

The district nurses use such forms

41 (30)

25 (18)

72 (52)

I rely on forms for clinical decisions to a high degree

20 (15)

27 (20)

89 (65)

Palliative patients always have an ACP

32 (23)

37 (28)

67 (49)

Updated information always in patient’s home

38 (28)

30 (22)

67 (50)

Medical information rarely available in patient’s home

77 (57)

23 (17)

36 (26)

  1. Likert-type questions for the use of guideline recommended procedures, N of respondents (valid %),
  2. a Agree fully or partially, b Disagree fully or partially