We apologize some limitations in the present study. It must
be acknowledged that assessment of knowledge in our survey
was limited to some indicators of awareness, perception and
familiarity, while the survey did not entail direct questions on
risk factors, signs, symptoms, and co-morbidity patterns relating
to DV as an issue of knowledge. Also, we did not make an
attempt to assess participants’ knowledge of screening strategies.
Many factors were not taken into account and should be
considered in future studies. Another limitation of the study
was its cross-sectional nature that creates difficulties in ascertaining
causality. However, our results are consistent with many
other studies. Also, demographic information about nonrespondents
was not made available for comparison. Finally,
as the study was limited to the primary care setting, results
may not be generalized to other health care settings