Table 3.
Clinical experience and practice in relation to digital risk.
| Question asked, responses | All trainees (n=113), n (%) |
CAMHSa trainees (n=22), n (%) |
Other trainees (n=91), n (%) |
Chi-square (df) | P value | ||
| In your clinical work, have you treated any patients who have been exposed to risk relating to web-based activities? | 8.2 (2) | .02 | |||||
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Yes | 57 (50.4) | 17 (77) | 40 (44) |
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No | 32 (28.3) | 2 (9) | 30 (33) |
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Unsure | 24 (21.2) | 3(14) | 21 (23) |
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| In your usual clinical practice, do you ask patients about: |
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The impact of their digital life | 2.9 (1) | .10 | ||||
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Yes | 87 (76.9) | 20 (91) | 67 (74) |
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No | 26 (23.0) | 2(9) | 24 (26) |
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Whether they access web information about mental health | 1.5 (1) | .30 | ||||
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Yes | 99 (87.6) | 21 (95) | 78 (86) |
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No | 14 (12.4) | 1 (5) | 13 (14) |
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How much time they spend on the webb | 4.2 (1) | .05 | ||||
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Yes | 75 (72.8) | 19 (90) | 56 (68) |
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No | 28 (27.2) | 2(10) | 26 (32) |
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Whether they engage in reckless web behaviorc | 4.5 (1) | .03 | ||||
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Yes | 72 (70.6) | 18 (90) | 54 (66) |
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No | 30 (29.4) | 2 (10) | 28 (34) |
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Whether they access prosuicide websitesc | 5.6 (1) | .01 | ||||
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Yes | 77 (75.5) | 20 (95) | 57 (70) |
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No | 25 (24.5) | 1 (5) | 24 (30) |
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Whether they have been a victim of cyberbullyingb | 3.1 (1) | .06 | ||||
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Yes | 78 (75.7) | 19 (90) | 59 (72) |
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No | 25 (24.3) | 2 (10) | 23 (28) |
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Whether they engage in sexual web behaviorc | 4.9 (1) | .02 | ||||
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Yes | 61 (59.8) | 17 (81) | 44 (54) |
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No | 41 (40.2) | 4 (19) | 37 (46) |
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Whether they buy drugs/medication on the webc | 0.3 (1) | .42 | ||||
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Yes | 83 (81.4) | 18 (86) | 65 (80) |
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No | 19 (18.6) | 3 (14) | 16 (20) |
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aCAMHS: child and adolescent mental health services.
bOn the basis of survey responses from 103 participants.
cOn the basis of survey responses from 102 participants.