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Table 2 Patients' reported perception of letter

From: Part I, Patient perspective: activating patients to engage their providers in the use of evidence-based medicine: a qualitative evaluation of the VA Project to Implement Diuretics (VAPID)

Opinion of Letter

(N = 41)^

Positive*

34 (82.9%)

Neutral

1 (2.4%)

Negative

4 (9.8%)

Did not remember letter

2 (4.9%)

  1. ^Thirteen participants did not have complete question/response pairs (participant was not asked the question or did not directly answer it when asked).
  2. *This category included the subcategories of Straightforward/Easily
  3. Understood 21 (61.8%), Informative 3 (8.8%), New Role/Perspective 3 (8.8%), and Other 7 (20.6%).