Can a multicomponent multidisciplinary implementation package change physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions and practices regarding thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke? An exploratory analysis of a cluster-randomized trial

Table 6 Effect of intervention on domain 4 score = perceptions toward emergency service

	Intervention group		Control group		Intervention vs. control group^a,b; p value
	Pre-intervention (Mean ± SD)	Post-intervention (Mean ± SD)	Pre-intervention (Mean ± SD)	Post-intervention (Mean ± SD)
Overall
	3.08 ± 0.61	3.40 ± 0.49	3.15 ± 0.58	3.36 ± 0.56	0.10 (− 0.07; 0.27); 0.178
Location
Metropolitan	3.13 ± 0.58	3.44 ± 0.48	3.18 ± 0.54	3.34 ± 0.53	0.14 (− 0.09; 0.38); 0.219
Non-metropolitan	3.03 ± 0.63	3.34 ± 0.52	3.09 ± 0.66	3.41 ± 0.62	− 0.02 (− 0.36; 0.30); 0.860
Job role
Physician	3.09 ± 0.67	3.13 ± 0.50	3.13 ± 0.55	3.26 ± 0.55	− 0.11 (− 0.38; 0.16); 0.398
Nurse	3.07 ± 0.58	3.50 ± 0.45	3.17 ± 0.57	3.41 ± 0.55	0.18 (0.02; 0.34)*; 0.041

*p value < 0.05 considered as significant
**p value < 0.01 considered as significant
***p value < 0.001 considered as significant
^aChange from pre-intervention to post-intervention survey
^bLinear mixed model controlled for category based on baseline thrombolysis rate

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