Table 2.
Physicians’ perceptions toward journalists and journalists’ perceptions toward physicians in Bangladesh.
| Question | Physicians (n=219), n (%) | Journalists (n=200), n (%) | P valuea | ||||||||||
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1b | 2c | 3d | 4e | 5f | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| Trust toward each other’s professional domain and expertise | 117 (53.4) | 34 (15.5) | 57 (26.0) | 5 (2.3) | 6 (2.7) | 87 (43.5) | 70 (35.0) | 39 (19.5) | 3 (1.5) | 1 (0.5) | .72 | ||
| Perception about each other’s professionalism | 123 (56.2) | 54 (24.7) | 38 (17.4) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 65 (32.5) | 77 (38.5) | 47 (23.5) | 7 (3.5) | 4 (2.0) | <.001 | ||
| Perception about not having respect for each other | 1 (0.5) | 31 (14.2) | 21 (9.6) | 55 (25.1) | 111 (50.7) | 7 (3.5) | 47 (23.5) | 49 (24.5) | 76 (38.0) | 21 (10.5) | <.001 | ||
| Perception about not having trust in each other’s knowledge, skills, and professional integrity | 0 (0) | 31 (14.2) | 20 (9.1) | 55 (25.1) | 113 (51.6) | 4 (2.0) | 35 (17.5) | 49 (24.5) | 103 (51.5) | 9 (4.5) | <.001 | ||
| Perception toward each other’s superiority complex | 0 (0) | 4 (1.8) | 3 (1.4) | 22 (10.1) | 190 (86.8) | 7 (3.5) | 15 (7.5) | 17 (8.5) | 123 (61.5) | 38 (19.0) | <.001 | ||
| Belief toward each other about serving the purpose of vested interests | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 10 (4.6) | 28 (12.8) | 180 (82.2) | 2 (1.0) | 15 (7.5) | 28 (14.0) | 104 (52.0) | 51 (25.5) | <.001 | ||
| Overall relationship is not good | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.9) | 21 (9.6) | 196 (89.5) | 1 (0.5) | 19 (9.5) | 27 (13.5) | 116 (58.0) | 37 (18.5) | <.001 | ||
aMann-Whitney U test.
bVery low/strongly disagree.
cSlightly low/slightly disagree.
dNeither low/agree nor high/disagree.
eSlightly high/slightly agree.
fVery high/strongly agree.