Table 3.
Confidence and attitude pre and post training
| Pre-training, T1 % (n = 139) | Post trainingb, T2 % (n = 139) | Follow-up, T3 % (n = 103) | Difference between pre-training and follow-up, % (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidencea: ‘I feel confident in …’ | ||||
| ‘… screening patients for symptoms of a depressive illness’ | 37 | 80 | 73 | 36 (24–48) |
| ‘… assessing for suicide risk’ | 10 | 60 | 52 | 42 (30–53) |
| ‘… assessing patients who present with symptoms of anxiety’ | 46 | 82 | 74 | 28 (16–41) |
| ‘… assessing alcohol use and alcohol related problems’ | 34 | 78 | 67 | 33 (21–45) |
| ‘… that I can appropriately advise my patients about drinking and its effect on their work’ | 45 | 85 | 85 | 41 (29–52) |
| ‘… assessing the use of recreational drugs and any drug related effects’ | 15 | 54 | 54 | 40 (27–52) |
| ‘… in advising my patients about drugs and their effect on work’ | 22 | 62 | 70 | 48 (36–60) |
| ‘… in my knowledge and underst and ing of local psychiatric services’ | 24 | 51 | 52 | 27 (15–39) |
| Attitudea: | ||||
| ‘An occupational health professional could be a useful person to support depressed patients’ | 78 | 79 | 82 | 4 (–5 to 13) |
| ‘Suicide prevention is my responsibility’ | 7 | 28 | 29 | 22 (12–33) |
aParticipants were classified as having a positive attitude and being confident if they scored themselves as 5, 6 or 7 in the corresponding 7 scale questions.
bContains some missing values.