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Table 3 Kruskal-Wallis Tests and Pairwise Comparisons of Differences Between Professions of the Basic Assessment

From: Clinicians’ perceptions and practices of diagnostic assessment in psychiatric services

 

Kruskal-Wallis test

Physicians-psychologists

Physicians-nurses

Psychologists-nurses

 

H

df

p

p

r

p

r

p

r

Assessment fulfills its purpose

2.04

2

0.361

      

Number of assessments involved in

9.85

2

0.007

0.017

0.23

0.088

0.21

1.00

0.03

Number of assessments conducted on their own

9.28

2

0.010

0.815

0.09

0.007

0.29

0.092

0.25

I am competent in conducting assessment

7.57

2

0.023

0.966

-0.08

0.081

0.22

0.018

0.32

I need education in assessment

2.87

2

0.238

      

I can determine which diagnosis should be the target of treatmenta

13.20

2

0.001

0.368

0.13

0.001

0.35

0.047

0.28

Importance of consulting other clinicians’ assessments

8.74

2

0.013

1.00

-0.08

0.009

-0.29

0.070

-0.27

  1. a“If I have conducted the MINI or SCID and collected anamnestic information”.