Survey statement | Agree (%) | Neutral (%) | Disagree (%) |
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INCENTIVE AGREEMENT | |||
Are you prepared to screen with the Abuse Assessment Screen form | Â | Â | Â |
   Each and every patient (universal screening)? | 15.7 | 14.8 | 69.5 |
   In case of suspected abuse (directed screening)? | 82.7 | 10.4 | 6.8 |
Do you agree that pregnancy provides a unique window of opportunity for (universal) screening? | 24.1 | 27.3 | 48.6 |
Do you agree that all pregnant women should be screened at least once during each trimester? | 5.2 | 14.1 | 80.7 |
Do you feel that universal screening for partner abuse is not justified because of its low prevalence? | 39.3 | 23.3 | 37.3 |
MOTIVATION | |||
Do you agree that gynaecologists have the medical responsibility to screen | Â | Â | Â |
   Each and every patient (universal screening)? | 15.2 | 29.7 | 55.0 |
   In case of suspected abuse (directed screening)? | 79.6 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
Do you consider partner violence a family affair for which the partners themselves should take responsibility? | 10.4 | 13.3 | 76.3 |
Do you think that partner abuse is a phenomenon pertaining to social disadvantaged groups and therefore screening should be confined to the latter? | 7.6 | 14.5 | 77.9 |
Do you agree that women may harass their spouses so badly/to the extent that is conceivable for husbands to lose their temper? | 6.4 | 24.9 | 68.7 |
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY | |||
I feel familiar with this issue and I am sufficiently skilled to launch direct questions regarding partner abuse | 22.9 | 25.7 | 51.4 |
I am awe to lose control over the situation, once the issue of partner abuse has been addressed | 24.1 | 25.7 | 50.2 |
Overall, obstetricians or gynaecologists are insufficiently familiar with partner abuse in order to adequately deal with it and to properly refer patients | 60.3 | 20.5 | 19.2 |
As a gynaecologist, I am familiar with the referral possibilities and facilities following the assessment of partner abuse | 28.1 | 12.0 | 59.8 |
OUTCOME EXPECTANCY | |||
It is of no use to screen for partner violence, because there is no solution for the problem anyway | 12.4 | 22.1 | 65.4 |
It is of no use to screen for partner violence, because of a lack of referral facilities that can provide adequate and specialized care? | 44.9 | 24.9 | 30.1 |
Patient referral in case of partner abuse makes no sense, because most abused women will stick to their relationship either which way | 26.5 | 36.1 | 37.3 |
If victims of partner abuse charge a complaint with the police, little, if anything, is done about it | 37.2 | 41.8 | 20.9 |