Table 4 Rheumatologist’s perception of the role of the Brazilian Consensus in clinical practice
Geographic Macro-Region | N | NE | CO | S | SE | SR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of rheumatologists | 18 (4%) | 72 (17%) | 37 (9%) | 52 (13%) | 230 (56%) | 5 (1%) | 414 (100%) |
Do you rely on BCA recommendations to support clinical correlations? * | |||||||
Yes | 13 (72%) | 64 (89%) | 33 (89%) | 46 (88%) | 193 (84%) | 5 (100%) | 354 (86%) |
No | 3 (17%) | 6 (8%) | 1 (3%) | 5 (10%) | 29 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 44 (10%) |
Did not answer | 2 (11%) | 2 (3%) | 3 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 8 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (4%) |
Did BCA make the understanding of the report clearer? ** | |||||||
Yes | 15 (83%) | 60 (83%) | 29 (78%) | 40 (77%) | 168 (73%) | 3 (60%) | 315 (76%) |
No | 1 (6%) | 2 (3%) | 1 (3%) | 4 (8%) | 19 (8%) | 2 (40%) | 29 (7%) |
Did not answer | 2 (11%) | 10 (14%) | 7 (19%) | 8 (15%) | 43 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 70 (17%) |
Has the Consensus made clinical correlations clearer? *** | |||||||
Yes | 14 (78%) | 61 (85%) | 28 (76%) | 43 (83%) | 172 (75%) | 3 (60%) | 321 (78%) |
No | 1 (5%) | 2 (3%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (6%) | 2 (40%) | 21 (5%) |
Did not answer | 3 (17%) | 9 (12%) | 7 (19%) | 9 (17%) | 44 (19%) | 0 (0%) | 72 (17%) |