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Table 4 Confidence of clinicians in asking about various health presentations (n = 57) †

From: Domestic violence management in Malaysia: A survey on the primary health care providers

 

Confidence levels of clinicians ‡§

  
 

Not at all or Slightly

Moderately

Very confident

Statistical test value

χ2

p value

Smoking

3.5

12.3

84.2

67.0

0.005 <p < 0.0005

Alcohol

5.3

21.1

73.7

43.9

0.005 <p < 0.0005

Sexual behavior

17.5

49.1

33.3

8.5

0.025 > p > 0.01

Emotional abuse

40.4

43.9

15.8

8.0

0.025 > p > 0.01

Physical abuse

24.6

42.1

33.3

2.6

NS

Sexual abuse

42.1

38.6

19.3

5.16

NS

  1. † Clinicians were asked 'How confident are you in asking the following?'
  2. ‡ Missing values are not included.
  3. § Observed values are given as percentage of clinicians. All expected percentages are 33.33%.