From: Clinicians’ perceptions and practices of diagnostic assessment in psychiatric services
Basic | Extended | |||||||
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M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||||
Total | Physicians | Psychologists | Nurses | Total | Physicians | Psychologists | Nurses | |
Assessment fulfills its purposea | 4.2 (0.9) | 4.1 (1.0) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.1 (1.0) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.6) | 4.9 (0.4) |
Number of assessments involved in | 12.3 (23.4) | 16.9 (26.5) | 7.7 (19.4) | 9.7 (24.1) | 9.5 (13.3) | 11.5 (15.2) | 9.6 (12.2) | 2.3 (3.8) |
Number of assessments conducted on their own | 9.7 (15.2) | 10.8 (14.6) | 9.6 (17.7) | 3.1 (5.7) | 10.0 (14.9) | 7.5 (14.6) | 13.7 (15.7) | 3.9 (5.0) |
I am competent in conducting assessmenta | 4.5 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.7 (0.5) | 4.0 (1.1) | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.6) | 3.8 (1.8) |
I need education in assessmenta | 2.3 (1.3) | 2.3 (1.3) | 2.1 (1.2) | 2.7 (1.4) | 2.9 (1.3) | 2.9 (1.3) | 2.7 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.5) |
I can determine which diagnosis should be the target of treatmentab | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.5 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) | 3.4 (1.4) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.5 (0.5) | 3.8 (1.5) |
Importance of consulting other clinicians’ assessmentsa | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.2 (0.9) | 4.3 (0.8) | 4.8 (0.4) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.7) | 4.8 (0.5) |