Table 1: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy of Healthcare Providers.

 

Full Sample

Physicians (n=23)

Nurses (n=48)

Mental Health Workers (n=15)

Public Health Practitioners (n=13)

P-Value

Recognizing maternal depression is my responsibility.

93.9%

100.0%

93.8%

86.7%

92.3%

0.40

Treating maternal depression in my patients or their mothers is my responsibility.

61.6%

95.7%

54.2%

66.7%

23.1%

0.00**

It is my responsibility to refer depressed mothers for further mental health treatment.

94.9%

95.7%

97.9%

80.0%

100.0%

0.04*

I am familiar with the DSM-5 criteria for depression.

64.3%

91.3%

53.2%

80.0%

38.5%

0.00**

I feel confident in my ability to diagnose maternal depression.

55.6%

82.6%

45.8%

66.7%

30.8%

0.00*

I feel confident in my ability to treat (e.g., counseling, prescribing medication) maternal depression.

42.4%

78.3%

29.2%

53.3%

15.4%

0.00**

I am familiar with available mental health resources in my community.

83.8%

78.3%

83.3%

100.0%

76.9%

0.27

Responses to items were captured on a 5-point scale and values represent % agree or strongly agree.

*p≤0.05; **p≤0.01; ***p<0.001.