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Table 4 Tools necessary to increase provider comfort with diagnosis

From: Anxiety about anxiety: a survey of emergency department provider beliefs and practices regarding anxiety-associated low risk chest pain

To what degree would each of the following increase your level of comfort in making a diagnosis of anxiety in patients with chest pain and providing a referral for treatment?

 

mean (95% CI)

Practice patterns of colleagues

48% (45–50)

Local hospital policy adoption

56% (53–59)

Multicenter trial

74% (72–76)

Professional organization practice guidelines

71% (69–73)