Table 4.

Comfort Making Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations for High-Risk Women

	Not/Somewhat comfortable		Comfortable		p
	N	%	N	%
Professional background					0.76
Physician	109	56.8	83	43.2
Physician assistant	27	55.1	22	44.9
Advanced practice registered nurse	116	59.8	78	40.2
Specialized interest in women's health					0.15
No	145	61.2	92	38.8
Yes	108	54.3	91	45.7
Years of experience					0.15
<5	42	61.8	26	14.2
6–10	32	65.3	17	9.3
11–15	43	67.2	21	11.5
16–20	45	53.6	39	21.3
>20	87	52.1	80	43.7
Practice setting					0.91
Academic	37	56.9	28	43.1
Community	211	57.7	155	42.4
Academic affiliation					0.12
No	186	60.8	120	39.2
Yes	68	52.7	61	47.3
When was the last time you participated in a continuing education program on breast cancer screening?					0.002
Within the past 3 years	106	49.8	107	50.2
3–6 years ago	64	66.7	32	33.3
More than 6 years ago	82	66.1	42	33.9
Gender					0.95
Male	69	58.5	49	41.5
Female	181	58.0	131	42.0
Other	2	66.7	1	33.3