Table 4.
Changes in Clinician Knowledge, Ability, and Concerns Around Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening, Pre- to Postpilot
| How would you rate your: | Mean prescore | SD | Mean Δ | SD | pa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Knowledge about the impact of ACEs on patient health | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | <0.001 |
| 2. Ability to sensitively ask about ACEs with your patients | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| 3. Ability to educate patients about the potential impact of ACEs on health | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
| 4. Ability to educate patient about the potential impact of ACEs on parenting | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | <0.001 |
| 5. Ability to create a safe clinical environment sensitive to needs of patients with ACEs | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.002 |
| 6. Knowledge about resources and referral options to provide to patients with ACEs | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| 7. Concerns that addressing ACEs screening responses will be too time consuming | 2.7 | 1.2 | −0.7 | 1.4 | 0.02 |
| 8. Concerns that an ACEs screen in a prenatal appointment will be too upsetting for patients | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.78 |
Answers were on a Likert scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high).
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p-Values determined using a nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test, boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).
SD, standard deviation.