Alcohol-Related Discussions: Duration and Comfort as Reported by Clinicians and Patients, by Percentage of Respondents
| Missouri Network | AAFP National Network | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responses | Single Question | CAGE Questions | Single Question | CAGE Questions |
| Note: none of the differences within a given network is statistically significant. | ||||
| Duration of the alcohol-related discussion | ||||
| Estimating duration as <1 min | ||||
| Clinician’s perception | 82 | 83 | 93 | 94 |
| Paient’s perception | 85 | 81 | 83 | 82 |
| Clinicians rating the discussion | ||||
| Clinicians rate themselves as | ||||
| Somewhat or quite comfortable | 78 | 80 | 94 | 92 |
| Neutral | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Somewhat or very uncomfortable | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Clinician perceives patients to be | ||||
| Very candid or fairly open | 86 | 87 | 95 | 96 |
| Neutral | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Somewhat or very defensive | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Patients rating the discussion | ||||
| Patients rate themselves as | ||||
| Somewhat or quite comfortable | 68 | 71 | 70 | 70 |
| Neutral | 24 | 22 | 24 | 25 |
| Somewhat or very uncomfortable | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |