Table 4 Perceived importance of MOT for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment now and in 5 years
Physicians No. (%) | Testing labs No. (%) | Referring labs No. (%) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fairly important | Very important | Fairly important | Very Important | Fairly important | Very important | Very important | |
Treatment now | 92/271 (33.9) | 85/271 (31.4) | 4/17 (23.5) | 12/17 (70.6) | 14/39 (35.9) | 15/39 (38.5) | 0.004 |
Prognosis now | 127/273 (46.5) | 78/273 (28.6) | 5/17 (29.4) | 11/17 (64.7) | 13/39 (33.3) | 16/39 (41.0) | 0.004 |
Diagnosis now | 98/272 (36.0) | 67/272 (24.6) | 3/17 (17.6) | 13/17 (76.5) | 13/39 (33.3) | 12/39 (30.8) | < 0.001 |
Treatment in 5 yrs | 79/270 (29.3) | 141/270 (52.2) | 1/16 (6.2) | 15/16 (93.8) | 14/39 (35.9) | 18/39 (46.2) | 0.003 |
Prognosis in 5 yrs | 95/274 (34.7) | 140/274 (51.1) | 1/16 (6.2) | 15/16 (93.8) | 16/39 (41.0) | 18/39 (46.2) | 0.003 |
Diagnosis in 5 yrs | 97/272 (35.7) | 109/272 (40.1) | 2/16 (12.5) | 14/16 (87.5) | 16/39 (41.0) | 15/39 (38.5) | 0.001 |