Table 3.
Distribution of Predictors by EC Counseling Behavior and Intention to Prescribe EC Group
| EC Counseling, % |
% |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | Never (n=41) |
Sometimes (n=63) |
Always/Most (n=33) |
P Value |
EC Opponent (n=24) |
EC Ambivalent (n=86) |
EC Proponent (n=24) |
P Value |
| Age, y, mean | 28.9 | 29.7 | 28.4 | .07 | 30.5 | 28.9 | 28.7 | .03 |
| Male | 24 | 16 | 18 | .55 | 33 | 17 | 8 | .08 |
| PGY1 | 54 | 11 | 30 | <.001 | 33 | 31 | 17 | .20 |
| Abortion Attitude Score, mean | 34.5 | 36.9 | 41.7 | .04 | 31.1 | 38.7 | 39.0 | .02 |
| Teen Sex Attitude Score, mean | 19.9 | 21.7 | 24.4 | .01 | 18.3 | 22.0 | 24.8 | .003 |
| >50% Of adolescent patients seen are sexually active | 50 | 65 | 59 | .35 | 67 | 57 | 58 | .71 |
| Have Plan B to dispense in continuity clinic | 10 | 32 | 45 | <.001 | 25 | 30 | 25 | .75 |
| No. of correct knowledge items, mean | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | .02 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.4 | .001 |
| Attended EC teaching session | 46 | 68 | 79 | .01 | 61 | 63 | 71 | .72 |
| Ever had preceptor encourage EC prescription | 15 | 56 | 70 | <.001 | 33 | 43 | 75 | .007 |
| Ever had adolescent patient request EC | 5 | 33 | 42 | .002 | 17 | 28 | 33 | .66 |
Abbreviations: See Table 2.