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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses to identify factors independently influencing general knowledge of CMV

From: Cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy: cross-sectional survey of knowledge and prevention practices of healthcare professionals in French-speaking Switzerland

Sociodemographic and professional factors

Score of knowledge

n = 303

n

Mean (SD)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Coeff [95% CI]

p

aCoeff [95% CI]

p

Gynecologists-Obstetricians

94 vs 209

33.9 (3.9) vs 30.3 (4.4)

3.6 [2.6 to 4.6]

< 0.001

− 0.5 [− 2.1 to 1.1]

0.561

General practitioners

5 vs 298

30.4 (2.7) vs 31.4 (4.6)

− 1.0 [− 5.0 to 3.0]

0.628

  

Midwives

204 vs 99

30.3 (4.4) vs 33.7 (3.9)

− 3.4 [− 4.5 to − 2.4]

< 0.001

*

 

Professional age > 10 years

189 vs 114

31.3 (4.5) vs 31.5 (4.6)

− 0.1 [− 1.2 to 0.9]

0.800

  

Higher educationa

161 vs 142

32.8 (4.4) vs 29.7 (4.2)

3.1 [2.1 to 4.1]

< 0.001

1.2 [0.2 to 2.2]

0.022

Private practice

115 vs 188

31.6 (4.6) vs 31.3 (4.5)

0.3 [− 0.7 to 1.4]

0.561

  

University Hospital Centre

114 vs 189

31.6 (4.9) vs 31.2 (4.3)

0.4 [− 0.7 to 1.4]

0.503

  

Peripheral hospitals

83 vs 220

31.4 (3.7) vs 31.4 (4.8)

0.1 [− 1.1 to 1.2]

0.876

  

Private hospital

11 vs 292

31.5 (4.9) vs 31.4 (4.5)

0.1 [− 2.7 to 2.8]

0.956

  

Birth center

12 vs 291

29.8 (4.1) vs 31.4 (4.6)

− 1.6 [− 4.2 to 1.0]

0.229

  

Pregnancy follow-up

185 vs 118

31.7 (4.3) vs 30.8 (4.8)

0.9 [− 0.1 to 2.0]

0.079

− 0.6 [− 1.7 to 0.5]

0.285

Emergency ObGyn consultations

156 vs 147

32.0 (3.9) vs 30.7 (5.0)

1.4 [0.3 to 2.4]

0.009

0.2 [− 0.8 to 1.3]

0.666

Pre-conception consultations

69 vs 234

34.1 (3.9) vs 30.6 (4.4)

3.6 [2.4 to 4.8]

< 0.001

1.6 [0.2 to 3.0]

0.022

Ultrasound

94 vs 209

34.4 (3.8) vs 30.0 (4.2)

4.4 [3.4 to 5.4]

< 0.001

2.8 [1.3 to 4.3]

 < 0.001

Birth preparation

102 vs 201

30.2 (4.2) vs 32.0 (4.6)

− 1.8 [− 2.8 to − 0.7]

0.001

− 0.3 [− 1.3 to 0.8]

0.625

Post partum

203 vs 100

30.7 (4.3) vs 32.8 (4.7)

− 2.0 [− 3.1 to − 1.0]

< 0.001

**

**

Childbirth

168 vs 135

31.6 (4.0) vs 31.1 (5.1)

0.5 [− 0.5 to 1.6]

0.307

  

Attend multidisciplinary fetal medicine conferences

101 vs 202

33.4 (4.4) vs 30.3 (4.3)

3.1 [2.1 to 4.1]

< 0.001

1.2 [0.2 to 2.3]

0.025

Recent training

80 vs 223

33.1 (4.9) vs 30.7 (4.2)

2.3 [1.2 to 3.5]

< 0.001

1.7 [0.6 to 2.7]

0.001

  1. aThan bachelor's degree and federal diploma in human medicine
  2. *Not included in the multivariable analysis due to collinearity with GynObs
  3. **Not included in the multivariable analysis due to collinearity with birth preparation