Skip to main content

Table 4 Attitudes Toward Using CDS Tools in Practice. The question was: Please indicate your level of agreement to the following statements.

From: Exploring key components and factors that influence the use of clinical decision- support tools for prescribing to older patients with kidney disease: the perspective of healthcare providers

Questions and Answers

Percentage

The use of CDS tools

 

1. Generally I find CDS tools easy to use in my daily practice

Disagree or Strongly disagree

15%

Neutral

25%

Agree or Strongly agree

60%

2. I am willing to use CDS tools in my practice

Disagree or Strongly disagree

2%

Neutral

10%

Agree or Strongly agree

88%

3. I am familiar with one or more CDS tools that are available online

Disagree or Strongly disagree

21%

Neutral

14%

Agree or Strongly agree

65%

4. I use CDS tools to help me in decision-making for prescribing for my patients

Disagree or Strongly disagree

34%

Neutral

27%

Agree or Strongly agree

39%

The importance of CDS Tools - prescribing

5. CDS tools are extremely important tools to help me prescribe for all my patients

Disagree or Strongly disagree

24%

Neutral

30%

Agree or Strongly agree

47%

6. CDS tools are extremely important tools to help me prescribe/deprescribe for older patients

Disagree or Strongly disagree

16%

Neutral

29%

Agree or Strongly agree

55%

7. CDS tools can complement my clinical expertise

Disagree or Strongly disagree

2%

Neutral

14%

Agree or Strongly agree

84%

8. The value of a CDS tool is its ability to assist in making challenging decisions

Disagree or Strongly disagree

13%

Neutral

33%

Agree or Strongly agree

53%

9. The value of a CDS tool is in improving efficiency in clinical care

Disagree or Strongly disagree

5%

Neutral

16%

Agree or Strongly agree

79%

The importance of CDS Tools - EBM

10. The value of a CDS tool is its ability to assist in improving adherence to clinical practice guidelines

Disagree or Strongly disagree

8%

Neutral

25%

Agree or Strongly agree

67%

11. CDS tools are alternatives to clinical practice guidelines

Disagree or Strongly disagree

19%

Neutral

35%

Agree or Strongly agree

47%

12. The value of a CDS tool is its ability to assist in making decisions based on evidence-based medicine

Disagree or Strongly disagree

0%

Neutral

10%

Agree or Strongly agree

90%

Shared decision-making

13. CDS tools can help me in discussing the decision with my patients

Disagree or Strongly disagree

0%

Neutral

19%

Agree or Strongly agree

81%

14. CDS tools can help me involve my patients in decision-making

Disagree or Strongly disagree

6%

Neutral

24%

Agree or Strongly agree

70%