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Table 5 Outcomes anticipated by respondents if laws are enacted to further protect adolescent confidentiality in sexual and reproductive health consultations, by survey year and respondent age groupa

From: Changes in public attitudes towards confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Lithuania after the introduction of new legislation: findings from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2005 and 2012

Survey year and Outcomes

Survey year

Proportion of respondents who anticipated outcome, by age group

p-value1

16–34 years

35–54 years

55–74 years

%

%

%

 

Adolescents’ trust in physicians would increase

2005

59.0

56.6

46.6

0.006

2012

55.6

47.2

41.4

0.004

p-value2

0.393

0.014

0.226

 

Adolescents would visit physicians more frequently

2005

51.4

52.7

41.0

0.007

2012

52.4

48.4

32.1

<0.001

p-value

0.803

0.262

0.035

 

Adolescents would be more inclined to disclose their problems to physicians

2005

53.3

47.8

34.6

<0.001

2012

52.6

53.1

44.4

0.084

p-value

0.863

0.166

0.021

 

Adolescents would follow physicians’ recommendations more strictly

2005

15.9

17.8

16.6

0.802

2012

25.5

18.0

16.4

0.016

p-value

0.003

0.931

0.947

 

Parents of adolescents would feel less trusting of physicians

2005

7.6

6.3

11.3

0.062

2012

8.4

11.5

13.2

0.198

p-value

0.727

0.016

0.515

 

Relationships between adolescents and their parents would deteriorate

2005

6.7

8.2

10.6

0.220

2012

9.5

7.7

7.4

0.636

p-value

0.206

0.825

0.205

 

Adolescents would be more likely to engage in sexual activity

2005

3.2

4.6

9.5

0.002

2012

6.0

5.0

8.2

0.276

p-value

0.100

0.843

0.599

 

Situation would not change

2005

14.6

18.3

18.0

0.380

2012

6.6

15.8

14.3

0.001

p-value

0.002

0.382

0.255

 
  1. arespondents were given the possibility to select up to three outcome options
  2. 1 comparing age groups (chi squared test)
  3. 2comparing 2005 and 2012 year of the survey (z test)
  4. p-values in bold indicate a statistically significant difference