How broad are state physician health program descriptions of physician impairment?

Table 3 Endorsement of 25 state physician health program descriptions of impairment in an online sample of respondents currently employed full-time

		% Endorsing description
	Description	Narrow (n = 103)	Broad (n = 96)
1	Intimidated someone at work	9.7	19.8
2	Deterioration in personal hygiene	9.7	24.0
3	Constant sadness or tearfulness	14.6	41.7
4	Occurrence of spouse, child abuse	3.9	12.5
5	Easily agitated, irritable	42.7	86.5
6	Increased complaints from customers or clients	4.9	13.5
7	Personality and behavioral changes	19.4	36.5
8	Neglected social commitments	30.1	47.9
9	DWI arrest or DUI violations	4.9	8.3
10	Other mental health concerns that directly impact work performance	17.5	24.0
11	Direct statements indicating distress	24.3	35.4
12	Experiencing problems coping with customers or clients or with typical stress of a busy job	21.4	62.5
13	Sweating when otherwise comfortable	20.4	41.7
14	Tremors, hands shake	17.5	26.0
15	Rapid speech	15.5	35.4
16	Personnel question competence and/or behavior	12.6	26.0
17	Makes degrading or demeaning comments at work	15.5	66.7
18	Deterioration in clothing and dressing habits	13.6	47.9
19	Disorganized work schedule	23.3	22.9
20	Intoxicated at social events or odor of alcohol on breath while on duty	15.5	50.0
21	Avoidant, unreliable	13.6	42.7
22	Public intoxication or impairment	10.7	53.1
23	Impaired or decreased work performance	18.4	43.8
24	Smell of alcohol on breath or in perspiration	13.6	64.6
25	Low or elevated self-esteem	37.9	81.3
Mean (SD) total number of impairment descriptions endorsed		4.3 (5.0)	9.7 (5.8)

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