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All Ireland Traveller Health Study
Table 228: Were you given enough time to discuss your health/ medical problem with the
healthcare professionals? (Questionnaire item C2_13)
No To some extent Completely n
Total ROI 8.2% 45.2% 46.6% 1,324
NI 15.6% 52.1% 32.3% 263
Male ROI 8.0% 50.7% 41.3% 535
NI 16.4% 60.2% 23.4% 128
Female ROI 8.3% 41.5% 50.2% 783
NI 14.8% 44.4% 40.7% 135
Under 30 ROI 6.5% 45.8% 47.7% 572
NI 14.2% 51.5% 34.3% 134
30-44 ROI 7.6% 46.1% 46.4% 330
NI 12.5% 56.3% 31.3% 80
45 + ROI 9.9% 44.2% 45.9% 342
NI 24.5% 46.9% 28.6% 49
(for those who had used services in previous 12 months only)
In ROI 70.0% and in NI 61.8% felt they had been given about the right amount of information. There
was no clear age or gender pattern. In ROI 57.6% and in NI 38.8% felt they had always been treated with
respect and dignity throughout the consulting experience. There was some variation also in whether
respondents judged they had been given enough privacy; in ROI 63% indicated this was always the
case, compared to 39.3% in NI.
Table 229: How much information about your condition/ treatment was given to you?
(Questionnaire item C2_14)
None Not enough The right amount Too much n
Total ROI 2.7% 18.7% 70.0% 8.6% 1,318
NI 7.3% 27.4% 61.8% 3.5% 259
Male ROI 2.6% 19.8% 69.9% 7.7% 535
NI 9.4% 23.6% 64.6% 2.4% 127
Female ROI 2.8% 17.9% 70.3% 9.0% 777
NI 5.3% 31.1% 59.1% 4.5% 132
Under 30 ROI 1.9% 15.3% 74.9% 7.9% 569
NI 6.8% 28.0% 61.4% 3.8% 132
30-44 ROI 1.8% 22.0% 66.1% 10.1% 327
NI 2.5% 27.8% 64.6% 5.1% 79
45 + ROI 5.0% 19.0% 67.9% 8.2% 343
NI 16.7% 25.0% 58.3% 0.0% 48
(for those who had used services in previous 12 months only)
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