Table 3 Choice of pharmacological treatment strategies, in response to the case vignettes, compared between respiratory medicine (RM) and palliative care (PC) physicians
| Â | COPD | fILD | LC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RM (nâ=â336) | PC (nâ=â95) | Specialties compared (Ï2) p value | RM (nâ=â324) | PC (nâ=â87) | Specialties compared (Ï2) p value | RM (nâ=â300) | PC (nâ=â102) | Specialties compared (Ï2) p value | |
Opioids | |||||||||
Often or always | 132 (39%) | 87 (92%) | pâ<â0.001 | 117 (36%) | 72 (83%) | pâ<â0.001 | 227 (76%) | 97 (95%) | pâ<â0.001 |
Rarely or sometimes | 150 (45%) | 7 (7%) | 148 (46%) | 14 (16%) | 59 (20%) | 5 (5%) | |||
Never | 54 (16%) | 1 (1%) | 59 (18%) | 1 (1%) | 14 (5%) | â | |||
Benzodiazepines | |||||||||
Often or always | 34 (10%) | 31 (33%) | pâ<â0.001 | 40 (12%) | 22 (25%) | pâ<â0.001 | 108 (36%) | 47 (46%) | pâ=â0.001 |
Rarely or sometimes | 194 (58%) | 60 (63%) | 181 (56%) | 58 (67%) | 142 (47%) | 52 (51%) | |||
Never | 108 (32%) | 4 (4%) | 103 (32%) | 7 (8%) | 50 (17%) | 3 (3%) | |||
Antidepressants | |||||||||
Often or always | 62 (19%) | 10 (11%) | pâ=â0.010 | 39 (12%) | 11 (13%) | pâ=â0.298 | 63 (21%) | 15 (15%) | pâ=â0.379 |
Rarely or sometimes | 201 (60%) | 73 (77%) | 175 (54%) | 54 (62%) | 173 (58%) | 63 (62%) | |||
Never | 73 (22%) | 12 (13%) | 110 (34%) | 22 (25%) | 64 (21%) | 24 (24%) | |||