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Table 2 Descriptives

From: “It is more isolating to patients if you aren’t familiar with the resources”: a pilot test of a clinician sensitivity training on eating disorders in pregnancy

Questions

Full sample (n = 115)

Sensitivity training (n = 54)

Reference document only (n = 61)

Mann–Whitney p-value

N/M SD

N/M SD

N/M SD

1. Relevance: If a patient has/had an eating disorder, how relevant do you feel it would be to their overall treatment?

 Pre

1.5

0.9

1.2

0.6

1.7

1.0

0.005

  Extremely relevant

77

67.5

44

83.0

33

54.1

  Somewhat relevant

28

24.6

8

15.1

20

32.8

  Neither

3

2.6

0

0

3

4.9

  Somewhat irr

3

2.6

0

0

3

4.9

  Extremely irr

3

2.6

1

1.9

2

3.3

 Post

1.5

0.9

1.0

0.2

1.9

1.1

< 0.0001

  Extremely relevant

71

73.2

43

97.7

28

52.8

  Somewhat relevant

14

14.4

1

2.3

13

24.5

  Neither

6

6.2

0

0

6

11.3

  Somewhat irr

4

4.1

0

0

4

7.6

  Extremely irr

2

2.1

0

0

2

3.8

2. Resources: How comfortable do you feel with providing patients with eating disorders with additional counseling/resources?

 Pre

2.4

1.0

2.9

1.0

2.1

0.8

0.0002

  Extremely comfort

17

14.9

4

7.6

13

21.3

  Somewhat comfort

51

44.7

16

30.2

35

57.4

  Neither

28

24.6

19

35.9

9

14.8

  Somewhat uncomf

15

13.2

12

22.6

3

4.9

  Extremely uncomf

3

2.6

2

3.8

1

1.6

 Post

2.2

0.9

2.1

0.6

2.3

1.1

0.07

  Extremely comfort

17

17.5

5

11.4

12

22.6

  Somewhat comfort

58

59.8

33

75.0

25

47.2

  Neither

12

12.4

4

9.1

8

15.1

  Somewhat uncomf

8

8.3

2

4.6

6

11.3

  Extremely uncomf

2

2.1

0

0

2

3.8

3. Family: If a patient’s family members were to be involved, how comfortable would you feel providing them with accurate, helpful information?

 Pre

2.4

1.1

2.9

1.1

2.0

0.9

0.0004

  Extremely comfort

19

16.7

4

7.6

15

24.6

  Somewhat comfort

53

46.5

19

35.9

34

55.7

  Neither

21

18.4

13

24.5

8

13.1

  Somewhat uncomf

17

14.9

14

26.4

3

4.9

  Extremely uncomf

4

3.5

3

5.7

1

1.6

4. Strategies: How often do you feel you could implement alternative treatment strategies/ recommendations in your daily practice?

 Pre

2.6

1.0

2.5

0.9

2.6

1.0

0.27

  Always

15

13.2

8

15.1

7

11.5

  Often

42

36.8

18

34.0

24

39.3

  Sometimes

41

36.0

23

43.4

18

29.5

  Rarely

10

8.8

2

3.8

8

13.1

  Never

6

5.3

2

3.8

4

6.7

 Post

2.3

1.0

1.9

0.8

2.6

1.0

0.002

  Always

23

23.7

15

34.1

8

15.1

  Often

35

36.1

19

43.2

16

30.2

  Sometimes

28

28.9

10

22.7

18

34.0

  Rarely

10

10.3

0

0

10

18.9

  Never

1

1.0

0

0

1

1.9

5. Additional Strategies: How interested would you be in implementing additional strategies/ recommendations meant for treating patients with eating disorders?

 Pre

1.6

0.8

1.3

0.5

1.9

0.92

< 0.0001

  Extremely int

61

53.5

40

75.5

21

34.4

  Somewhat int

41

36.0

11

20.8

30

49.2

  Neither

7

6.1

2

3.8

5

8.2

  Somewhat unint

4

3.5

0

0

4

6.6

  Extremely unint

1

0.9

0

0

1

1.6

 Post

1.6

1.0

1.1

0.3

2.1

1.1

< 0.0001

  Extremely int

59

60.8

41

93.2

18

34.0

  Somewhat int

23

23.7

3

6.8

20

37.7

  Neither

8

8.3

0

0

8

15.1

  Somewhat unint

6

6.2

0

0

6

11.3

  Extremely unint

1

1.0

0

0

1

1.9

6. Frequency: How frequently (that you are aware of) have you treated a patient with an eating disorder?

 Post

3.6

1.2

3.8

1.1

3.3

1.2

0.15

  Frequently

2

2.1

1

2.3

1

1.9

  Somewhat freq

21

21.7

5

11.4

16

30.2

  Neither

22

22.7

10

22.7

12

22.6

  Somewhat infreq

25

25.8

12

27.3

13

24.5

  Infrequently

27

27.8

16

36.4

11

20.8