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Table 2 Reported method of CHD global risk assessment among physicians who use CHD risk assessment (N = 358)

From: Use of global coronary heart disease risk assessment in practice: a cross-sectional survey of a sample of U.S. physicians

 

All, %

Family physicians, %

General internists, %

Cardiologists, %

P- Value*

Paper chart (n = 96)

27.0

22.8

25.7

32.3

0.18

Web-based (n = 117)

32.9

29.5

40.5

32.3

0.12

Non-web-based computer program (n = 23)

6.2

3.4

8.1

8.3

0.01

Program on a personal digital assistant (n = 94)

26.1

34.9

18.9

20.3

0.02

Other (n = 28)

7.9

9.4

6.8

6.8

0.09

  1. * Overall P-value based on Pearson's Chi square test for significance between specialty groups