Table 2 Frequency of referring to CPGs by clinician characteristic
From: Clinician attitudes towards cancer treatment guidelines in Australia
Clinician demographics and practice characteristics | Routinely/ occasionally | % | Rarely/ never | % | P value (FET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinician age | 20–49 years | 21 | 91.3 | 2 | 8.7 | 0.007* |
|  | 50–79 years | 12 | 52.2 | 11 | 47.8 | |
State of practice | NSW | 28 | 73.7 | 10 | 26.3 | 0.67 |
| Â | Other | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | |
Specialty | Medical oncology | 9 | 64.3 | 5 | 35.7 | 0.43 |
Radiation oncology | 9 | 90.0 | 1 | 10.0 | ||
Surgery | 9 | 60.0 | 6 | 40.0 | ||
Haematology | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Other | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | ||
Professional position | Staff specialist | 24 | 80.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 0.17 |
Visiting Medical Officer | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 45.5 | ||
Other | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | ||
Year graduated from medicine | < 1999 | 20 | 64.5 | 11 | 35.5 | 0.17 |
|  | > 2000 | 13 | 86.7 | 2 | 13.3 |  |
Year completed oncology training | < 1999 | 8 | 53.3 | 7 | 46.7 | 0.09 |
> 2000 | 24 | 80.0 | 6 | 20.0 | ||
Country medical training completed in | Australia | 27 | 71.1 | 11 | 28.9 | 1.0 |
Other | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 25.0 | ||
Country oncology training completed in | Australia | 31 | 73.8 | 11 | 26.2 | 0.32 |
UK | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | ||
Australia and UK/Canada | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | ||
Proportion of clinical practice in public settings | Less than 50% | 12 | 70.6 | 5 | 29.4 | 1.0 |
50% or more | 21 | 72.4 | 8 | 27.6 | ||
Proportion of clinical practice in metropolitan settings | < 75% | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.19 |
75% or more | 32 | 74.4 | 11 | 25.6 | ||
Number of cancer streams clinician treats | 1 | 13 | 61.9 | 8 | 38.1 | 0.38 |
2–3 | 9 | 75.0 | 3 | 25.0 | ||
| Â | 4 or more | 11 | 84.6 | 2 | 15.4 | |
Membership of MDTs | No | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Â | Yes | 32 | 71.1 | 13 | 28.9 | |
| Â | 1 or 2 MDTs | 11 | 57.9 | 8 | 42.1 | 0.03* |
3 or more MDTs | 20 | 90.9 | 2 | 9.1 | ||
Frequency of MDT attendance | More than once per week | 22 | 78.6 | 6 | 21.4 | 0.19 |
Weekly or less often | 10 | 58.8 | 7 | 41.2 | ||
Frequency clinicians’ practice is adherent with CPG | Routinely | 24 | 75.0 | 8 | 25.0 | 0.49 |
Occasionally / More than half the time | 9 | 64.3 | 5 | 35.7 | ||