Assessing and Enhancing Health Care Providers’ Response to Domestic Violence

Table 2

Changes of opinions of the respondent groups to manage DV.

Questions		Initial survey 2008	Follow-up survey 2012	Significance test
				χ ^2	df	𝑃 value
Can you estimate how often at work you meet or treat women or men who are victims of DV?	At least once a month	(22) 33%	(28) 29%			0.558
	Once a month or less	(45) 67%	(70) 71%
Can you estimate how often at work you meet or treat women or men who are perpetrators of DV?	At least once a month	(15) 23%	(25) 26%			0.684
	Once a month or less	(51) 77%	(73) 74%
At work, have you met or treated men who have experienced DV?	No	(40) 60%	(39) 39%	6.897	1	0.009
	Yes	(27) 40%	(61) 61%
Do you believe you would identify a patient who is experiencing or has experienced DV?	Always or often	(29) 43%	(54) 55%			0.155
	Once or never	(38) 57%	(45) 45%
Do you believe you would identify a patient who is or who has been violent in their relationship?	Always or often	(13) 19%	(34) 34%	4.227	1	0.040
	Once or never	(54) 81%	(66) 66%
Do you think that identification of DV is difficult or easy?	Difficult	(60) 88%	(82) 86%			0.747
	Easy	(8) 12%	(13) 14%
Do you think that intervention in DV is difficult or easy?	Difficult	(63) 97%	(86) 90%			0.475
	Easy	(2) 3%	(10) 10%
Is there an operations model in your work unit for intervening in DV?	No	(34) 51%	(12) 13%	35.761	2	<0.000
	Yes	(4) 6%	(34) 35%
	Cannot say	(29) 43%	(50) 52%
Do you collaborate with different supporting authorities when meeting the victim and the perpetrator?	No	(32) 51%	(47) 49%			0.821
	Yes	(31) 49%	(49) 51%
Has DV been discussed in your professional basic training?	No	(49) 77%	(53) 55%	7.577	1	0.006
	Yes	(15) 23%	(43) 45%
Has your current employer organized supplementary training related to DV?	No	(37) 56%	(29) 30%	22.585	2	<0.000
	Yes	(10) 15%	(50) 52%
	Cannot say	(19) 29%	(18) 18%
Have you participated in training organized by your employer?	No	(60) 92%	(54) 57%	23.014	1	<0.000
	Yes	(5) 8%	(40) 43%