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Survey Item APA AAPL Test n Mean SD n Mean SD z* p How often do you agree to complete evaluations on your patients?† 53 1.62 .77 20 2.25 .97 −2.64 .008 Do you feel pressured by patients to complete SSA forms?† 54 2.04 .91 20 2.45 .93 −1.77 .078 In the past year, how many SSA evaluations did you complete each month?‡ 54 1.46 .69 20 1.35 .67 −.75 .452 Survey Item APA AAPL Test N (%) N (%) χ2 p Do you go through an informed consent process when you fill out SSA forms?§ 32 (60.4) 8 (44) 1.39 .239 Have you ever indicated that a patient was disabled to help him/her when you thought that he/she really could work?§ 8 (14) 4 (20) .4 .498‖ * Mann Whitney U test.
† Lower number indicates greater frequency (1, always; 2, usually; 3, rarely; 4, never).
‡ Higher number indicates greater number (1, 0–2 per month; 2, 3–5 per month; 3, ≥5 per month).
§ n (%) of respondents who answered yes; df = 1.
‖ Fisher's exact test.
Survey Item APA AAPL Mann-Whitney n Mean SD n Mean SD z p The dual roles of acting as a treating clinician and independent examiner negatively affect the disability determination process. 62 2.52 .90 30 1.93 .91 −2.86 .004 An independent psychiatric examiner can render a more objective opinion than a treating clinician with regard to disability assessments. 65 2.32 .85 32 2.09 1.03 −1.34 .181 Disability evaluations performed by treating physicians affect the physician-patient relationship. 64 2.02 .79 32 1.62 .66 −2.33 .02 Lower mean indicates greater level of agreement. (1, strongly agree; 2, somewhat agree; 3, somewhat disagree; 4, strongly disagree)
