Are Healthcare Providers Asking about Environmental Exposures? A Community-Based Mixed Methods Study
Table 2
Health conditions of survey respondents by healthcare provider inquiry ().
Health condition (prevalence)
Healthcare provider asked ()
Healthcare provider did not ask ()
value
Allergies (54%)
0.044
Yes
40 (65%)
70 (49%)
No
22 (35%)
72 (51%)
High blood pressure (43%)
0.700
Yes
28 (45%)
60 (42%)
No
34 (55%)
82 (58%)
Anxiety (34%)
0.130
Yes
26 (42%)
44 (31%)
No
36 (58%)
98 (69%)
Depression (32%)
0.985
Yes
20 (32%)
46 (32%)
No
42 (68%)
96 (68%)
Asthma (26%)
0.017
Yes
23 (37%)
30 (21%)
No
39 (63%)
112 (79%)
Other lung diseases (17%)
0.030
Yes
16 (26%)
19 (13%)
No
46 (74%)
123 (87%)
Hearing loss (15%)
0.215
Yes
12 (19%)
18 (13%)
No
50 (81%)
124 (87%)
Heart disease (13%)
0.088
Yes
12 (19%)
15 (11%)
No
50 (81%)
127 (89%)
Cancer (13%)
0.420
Yes
10 (16%)
17 (12%)
No
52 (84%)
125 (88%)
Kidney problems (13%)
0.338
Yes
10 (16%)
16 (11%)
No
52 (84%)
126 (89%)
Nerve disease (13%)
0.157
Yes
11 (18%)
15 (11%)
No
51 (82%)
127 (89%)
Type 2 diabetes (11%)
0.472
Yes
5 (8%)
17 (12%)
No
57 (92%)
125 (88%)
Thyroid disease (11%)
0.996
Yes
7 (11%)
16 (11%)
No
55 (89%)
126 (89%)
Anemia (10%)
0.968
Yes
6 (10%)
14 (10%)
No
56 (90%)
128 (90%)
From the original sample (), 27 respondents answered “I don’t know” to the healthcare provider question and were removed. Fisher’s Exact Test. Significant at .
