Question | Yes | No | No Answer |
---|---|---|---|
Did your health care provider know that physical violence or emotional abuse was occurring in your relationship? | 72 (51) | 70 (49) | 0 (0) |
If your health care provider had asked you about the physical violence and/or the emotional abuse in your relationship, would you have told him/her?* | 46 (66) | 21 (30) | 3 (4) |
Do you think that your health care provider helped you to make your decision about whether to stay or to try to leave your violent/abusive relationship? | 28 (39) | 39 (54) | 5 (7) |
Was your health care provider open to hearing about the violence/abuse? | 61 (85) | 5 (7) | 6 (8) |
Were you comfortable approaching him or her? | 47 (65) | 20 (28) | 5 (7) |
Do you think your health care provider is knowledgeable about what goes on in violent/abusive relationships? | 53 (74) | 11 (15) | 8 (11) |
Which health care providers knew? | — | — | — |
How did you feel about your health care provider knowing that physical violence and/or emotional abuse was occurring in your relationship? | — | — | — |
What was it that he/she said that was helpful to you? | — | — | — |
What was it that he/she said that was not helpful to you? | — | — | — |
Do or did you think your health care provider wants/wanted you to stay or to leave your violent/abusive relationship? | Leave | Stay | Neutral |
51 (71) | 5 (7) | 16 (22) | |
How do you know this? | — | — | — |
Values provided as n (%).
↵* Asked only of participants who answered No to question 1 (n = 70).