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Table 5 Acceptability of the Educational Outreach Visit

From: Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients: a prospective before-and-after intervention study

How effective was the Educational Outreach Visit in…

Extremely ineffective

Ineffective

Unsure

Effective

Extremely effective

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Increasing or refreshing your knowledge about VTE prophylaxis for medical patients?

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

11 (58)

5 (26)

Addressing concerns you have had about providing VTE prophylaxis to medical patients?

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

13 (68)

2 (11)

Providing information about the significance of VTE as a healthcare issue?

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

11 (58)

5 (26)

Providing information about VTE risk assessment for medical patients?

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

11 (58)

5 (26)

Providing information about selecting appropriate VTE prophylaxis for medical patients?

0 (0)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

11 (58)

4 (21)

Providing information about the ongoing monitoring of patients risk and response to prophylaxis?

0 (0)

3 (16)

4 (21)

7 (37)

3 (16)

How likely is it that…

Extremely unlikely

Unlikely

Unsure

Likely

Extremely likely

You will participate in another educational program such as this one in the future?

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

3 (16)

11 (58)

2 (11)

This educational visit will influence your clinical practice?

1 (5.3)

0 (0)

3 (16)

11 (58)

2 (11)

What was the participants perceived level of…

Very low

Low

Average

High

Very high

Interest in the topic presented?

2 (11)

3 (16)

3 (16)

6 (32)

5 (26)

Participation during the visit?

1 (5.3)

1 (5.3)

4 (21)

3 (16)

10 (53)

Comprehension of the information provided?

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (11)

7 (37)

10 (53)

  1. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to missing data.