Table 1

Practice Patterns Regarding SSA Disability Evaluations

Survey Item	APA			AAPL			Test
Survey Item	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
Survey Item	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.