Table 2 Attitudes of participating physicians (1—definitely no, 5—yes, very much so)
Questions | Mean ± SD | N |
|---|---|---|
Q1. Would you be willing to converse with representatives of pharmaceutical companies during office hours? | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 170 |
Q2. Would you be willing to converse with representatives of pharmaceutical companies in your free time? | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 170 |
Q3. Do you trust the information provided by representatives of pharmaceutical companies? | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 169 |
Q4. Do you believe that interactions with representatives of pharmaceutical companies negatively affects the workflow in your clinic/department? | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 169 |
Q5. Do you follow up on information given to you by representatives of pharmaceutical companies, using articles, Up-to-Date, or other such sites? | 3.7 ± 1.2 | 166 |
Q6. Do you attend conferences subsidized by pharmaceutical companies? | 3.4 ± 1.2 | 170 |
Q7. Are you willing to/do you receive gifts from representatives of pharmaceutical companies? | 2.6 ± 1.3 | 170 |
Q8. Do you believe that physicians should be prohibited from meeting of representatives of pharmaceutical companies? | 2.2 ± 1.2 | 169 |
Q9. Do you find the information given to you by representatives of pharmaceutical companies helpful? | 3.3 ± 1.0 | 168 |
Q10. Do pharmaceutical companies play an important role in the advancement and/or practice of medicine? | 3.3 ± 1.1 | 170 |
Q11. Do you believe pharmaceutical companies provide physicians with misleading information? | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 169 |
Overall attitude scorea | 3.0 ± 0.6 | 170 |