Table 1.
Characteristics of participants (general practitioners) in the WEAVE trial and training
| Group Characteristics Frequencies (%) |
Group differences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 52) | Comparison (n = 27) |
Intervention (n = 25) |
(p. value) | Australia (a) | |
| Urban (b) | 37 (71.2) | 19 (70.4) | 18 (72.0) | 0.897 | 89.3 |
| Female | 32 (61.5) | 18 (66.7) | 14 (56.0) | 0.430 | 39.4 |
| Age, yrs. M (SD) | 48.1 (8.1) | 46.9 (7.7) | 49.3 (8.4) | 0.312 | 49.3 |
| Graduated in Australia (yes) | 37 (80.4) | 18 (78.3) | 19 (82.6) | 0.138 | 74.3 (d) |
| Time since graduation, yrs. M (SD) | 23.5 (8.4) | 22.3 (8.3) | 24.6 (8.6) | 0.371 | |
| GP experience, yrs. M (SD) | 17.6 (7.9) | 16.8 (7.3) | 18.4 (8.5) | 0.133 | |
| Works in group practice | 50 (96.2) | 27 (100.0) | 23 (92.0) | 0.134 | 87.9 |
| Clinical practice, hrs per week M (SD) | 33.6 (12.1) | 30 (12.1) | 36.6 (11.6) | 0.088 | 38.3 |
| Mental health training (yes) | 15 (42.9) | 7 (38.9) | 8 (47.1) | 0.482 | |
| IPA education, hrs | |||||
| <1 | 19 (42.2) | 8 (36.4) | 11 (47.8) | ||
| 1–2 | 5 (11.1) | 4 (18.2) | 1 (4.4) | ||
| 3–5 | 14 (31.1) | 8 (36.4) | 6 (26.1) | ||
| >6 | 7 (15.6) | 2 (9.1) | 5 (21.8) | 0.281 | |
Notes: IPA = Intimate Partner Abuse; (a) 2009 AIHW Medical Labour Force Survey; (b) RRMA classification 1–2; (d) BEACH 2009; data is replicated from WEAVE published trial [1]