Beliefs Regarding Dual Agency in SSA Disability Evaluations
| 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)