And since the interview setting – not commenting the indicators before the interviewees rated understandability (patients) or suitability (physicians) and relevance (both groups) – corresponds to the situation in which the patient or physician performs an internet information search of the quality reports, the results of our study may be especially valid.
The physicians' judgements of suitability of the listed indicators as an information tool for their referral decision were more diverse.
The lung function assistant and/or research physician further evaluates suitability for participation.
Physicians should consider the suitability of BTX-A for elderly patients, taking into account the etiology of their wrinkles, skin fragility, facial anatomy, concomitant medications and medical conditions, risk of adverse effects and the likelihood of treatment benefit.
The PTMQ's factorial structure, its reliability, concurrent criterion validity and incremental validity support its suitability to assess physicians' teaching motivation.
However, interviewing the first 50 GPs who agreed to participate in the study might have caused a bias, since these physicians might have judged the suitability and relevance of the indicators more positively than a non-convenience sample of GPs.
The GP as coordinating physician decides about a patient's suitability for the programme.
● Part B was based on the TAM2 research model and comprised questions on physicians' acceptance as well as the rated suitability of the measures used.
The physicians were asked to rate a) the suitability (yes/no) and, b) the relevance of the 29 indicators for making an informed referral decision (rating scale from 1 to 6 as explained above).
"If a potential space traveler asks his or her physician for a medical letter of clearance for space travel, the physician will share responsibility for determination of suitability with the commercial space operator," she said.
