Table 3.

Pre- and post-test results of an educational intervention on attitudes towards COBRA therapy of arthritis nurses. 7-point Likert-scale: −3 most negative, 3 most positive.

Question	Attitude (range −3 to +3)
Question	Pre-test (n = 48)^††	Post-test (n = 62)
1. Ineffective/effective	1.1 (0.8)^*	1.8 (0.7)^*^†
2. Unsafe/safe	0.6 (0.9)^*	1.1 (0.9)^*^†
3. Complex/simple	−0.4 (1.1)^*	−0.7 (1.1)^*
4. Patient-unfriendly/patient-friendly	0.3 (1.1)	0.5 (1.1)^*
5. Unsympathetic/sympathetic	0.3 (0.9)^*	0.7 (0.9)^*^†
6. Unnecessary/necessary	0.9 (0.9)^*	1.2 (1.0)^*
7. Bad/good	0.6 (1.1)^*	0.8 (1.4)^*
8. Capability	−0.3 (1.8)^*	1.4 (1.1)^*^†

↵* Significantly different from the neutral point of 0 with p < 0.05.
↵^† Significantly different from the pre-test value with p < 0.05.
↵^†† During pre-test, 48 arthritis nurses knew enough about COBRA therapy to answer questions 1 to 7; 56 arthritis nurses answered question 8.