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Use of psychological measures in primary care
R A Sansone1, M W Wiederman, L A Sansone
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, USA.
Objective:
To determine the use of psychological measures among primary care physicians.
Design:
Survey.
Setting:
Primary care practices in Ohio.
Subjects:
Active members of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians.
Interventions:
None.
Main Outcome Measures:
Subjects' use "ever" and "during the past 12 months" of 11 psychological measures encountered in primary care settings.
Results:
Approximately 80% of 521 respondents acknowledged having used 1 or more of the listed psychological measures in clinical practice. Of the measures listed, each was endorsed by some proportion of respondents. The majority of physicians who had ever used a particular measure had done so in the preceding 12 months. Compared with respondents who did not use psychological measures in practice, unique predictors for those who did were being relatively younger, female, and practicing in more densely populated areas.
Conclusion:
Most family physicians have used psychological measures in clinical practice.