Table 2.
Items of the questionnaire and overall percentages in agreement
| Statement (Code) | Percentage in agreement |
|---|---|
| General attitude to the management of psychological problems | |
| Psychological factors are important in the course of physical illness (Q1) | 99.3 |
| General Hospital doctors are NOT responsible for emotional care of patients (Q2) | 14.4 |
| Dealing with patients’ emotional problems is part of general hospital doctors’ work (Q3) | 96.7 |
| I should concern myself with emotional care of regular attenders with chronic physical illnesses (Q4) | 94.8 |
| The variety of patients’ emotional and social care enhances my job interest (Q5) | 53.9 |
| Emotional care of patients by general hospital doctors is IMPRACTICAL under present conditions (Q6) | 52.0 |
| Attitude to assessment and treatment | |
| Psychological and social factors should be routinely assessed and recorded for inpatients (Q7) | 92.8 |
| Psychological and social factors should be routinely assessed and recorded for outpatients (Q8) | 70.9 |
| General Hospital doctors should be able to use psychological methods like listening or reassurance (Q9) | 98.4 |
| General Hospital doctors should be able to use psychological methods such as discussion of anxiety (Q10) | 82.7 |
| General Hospital doctors should be able to prescribe psychotropic drug treatments (Q11) | 69.3 |
| When psychological factors appear to be an important cause of the presenting problem, I confine myself to physical assessment (Q12) | 27.8 |
| Attitude to psychiatric service and referral | |
| I would like more contact with the psychiatric service (Q13) | 94.1 |
| I would consider referring a patient with Depression to psychiatrists (Q14) | 92.8 |
| I would consider referring a patient with Disturbed Behavior to psychiatrists (Q15) | 93.8 |
| I would consider referring a patient with Diagnostic Problems to psychiatrists (Q16) | 67.6 |
| I would consider referring a patient with Treatment Non-compliance to psychiatrists (Q17) | 48.0 |
| I would consider referring a patient with Dementia to psychiatrists (Q18) | 65.4 |
| I would consider referring a patient in Acute Confusional State to psychiatrists (Q19) | 94.8 |
| Needs in practice | |
| I would welcome more time to talk to my patients (Q20) | 91.5 |
| I would like more help in providing psychological and social care (Q21) | 98.7 |
| I would welcome more non medical help in the management of patients’ emotional problems (Q22) | 93.1 |