Table 1 Primary Care Provider Confidence and Interest in Delivering Eating Disorder Treatment (N = 60)
From: Engaging primary care providers in managing pediatric eating disorders: a mixed methods study
At this time … | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
How confident are you in your ability to evaluate a patient for the presence of disordered eating in your daily practice? (0 = Not very confident; 10 = Very confident) | 5.53 (2.09) |
How confident are you in your ability to manage disordered eating in your daily practice? (0 = Not very confident; 10 = Very confident) | 3.68 (2.20) |
How confident are you in your ability to provide diagnostic feedback to families about the presence of an eating disorder/disordered eating in your daily practice? (0 = Not very confident; 10 = Very confident) | 4.34 (2.26) |
How confident are you in your ability to advise and support a patient and their family in making decisions about his/her eating disorder treatment? (0 = Not very confident; 10 = Very confident) | 4.15 (2.11) |
How interested would you be in learning new tools or strategies for addressing disordered eating in your practice? (0 = Not very interested; 10 = Very interested) | 8.52 (1.83) |
How interested would you be in the development of a new ICS [Integrated Community Specialty: specialists embedded in the practice] for addressing eating and weight disorders? (0 = Not very interested; 10 = Very interested) | 8.81 (1.82) |