Provider characteristics associated with willingness to screen all sexually active adolescents for chlamydia
| Screen all males* | Screen all females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider characteristics | No | % Willing | % neither willing nor unwilling | % Not willing | p Value | No | % Willing | % neither willing nor unwilling | % Not willing | p Value |
| *Ob/Gyns were excluded from these analyses. | ||||||||||
| Sex | 0.03 | 0.05 | ||||||||
| Male | 81 | 39.5 | 22.2 | 38.3 | 109 | 66.1 | 11.9 | 22.0 | ||
| Female | 161 | 53.4 | 24.2 | 22.4 | 205 | 74.6 | 13.7 | 11.7 | ||
| Provider type | 0.01 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| Physician | 153 | 41.2 | 26.1 | 32.7 | 199 | 67.8 | 13.6 | 18.6 | ||
| Nurse practitioner/physician assistant | 89 | 61.8 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 116 | 78.4 | 12.1 | 9.5 | ||
| Provider specialty | 0.01 | 0.002 | ||||||||
| Paediatrics | 87 | 63.2 | 21.8 | 14.9 | 86 | 70.9 | 14.0 | 15.1 | ||
| Family practice | 45 | 42.2 | 26.7 | 31.1 | 45 | 64.4 | 24.4 | 11.1 | ||
| Internal medicine | 110 | 40.0 | 23.6 | 36.4 | 111 | 64.9 | 11.7 | 23.4 | ||
| Obstetrics/gynaecology | 73 | 87.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | ||||||
| Feel well trained to address sexual risks with young adolescents | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Agree | 168 | 54.8 | 21.4 | 23.8 | 237 | 76.8 | 11.8 | 11.4 | ||
| Neither agree nor disagree | 56 | 35.7 | 25.0 | 39.3 | 57 | 59.6 | 14.0 | 26.3 | ||
| Disagree | 16 | 31.3 | 43.8 | 25.0 | 19 | 47.4 | 26.3 | 26.3 | ||
| Easier to screen females than males | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| Agree | 88 | 33.0 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 122 | 77.0 | 14.8 | 8.2 | ||
| Neither agree nor disagree | 46 | 58.7 | 21.7 | 19.6 | 76 | 77.6 | 9.2 | 13.2 | ||
| Disagree | 107 | 57.0 | 19.6 | 23.4 | 112 | 62.5 | 13.4 | 24.1 | ||
| Screening not cost effective | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Agree | 77 | 29.9 | 24.7 | 45.5 | 85 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 40.0 | ||
| Neither agree nor disagree | 45 | 48.9 | 33.3 | 17.8 | 53 | 64.2 | 26.4 | 9.4 | ||
| Disagree | 119 | 60.5 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 176 | 89.2 | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||