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Table 6 Univariate and multivariate analyses to identify factors independently influencing the knowledge of Swiss recommendations on 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 recommendations knowledge

n = 148

n

Median (IQR)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Rank sum

z

p

aCoeff [95% CI]

p

Gynecologists-Obstetricians

75 vs 73

5 (4–6) vs 5 (3–6)

6193

− 2.4

0.02

− 0.0 [− 0.9 to 0.8]

0.922

General practitioners

1 vs 147

1 (1–1) vs 5 (4–6)

     

Midwives

72 vs 76

5 (3–6) vs 5 (4–6)

4828.5

2.1

0.04

*

 

Professional age > 10 years

99 vs 49

5 (4–6) vs 5 (3–6)

7152

0.9

0.35

  

Higher educationa

98 vs 50

5 (2–4) vs 2 (0–4)

8075

− 3.2

0.001

0.7 [0.2 to 1.3]

0.013

Private practice

70 vs 78

5 (4–6) vs 5 (4–7)

4996.5

0.9

0.39

  

University Hospital Centre

51 vs 97

6 (4–7) vs 5 (4–6)

4359

− 2.3

0.02

0.8 [0.1 to 1.4]

0.015

Peripheral hospitals

37 vs 111

5 (4–6) vs 5 (4–6)

2551.5

0.9

0.36

  

Private hospital

8 vs 140

5 (3–6) vs 5 (4–6)

521.5

0.6

0.53

  

Birth center

4 vs 144

4.5 (3–5.5) vs 5 (4–6)

221.5

0.9

0.38

  

Pregnancy follow-up

105 vs 43

5 (4–6) vs 5 (3–6)

8046

− 1

0.34

  

Emergency ObGyn consultations

85 vs 63

5 (4–6) vs 5 (3–7)

6512

− 0.7

0.48

  

Pre-conception consultations

54 vs 94

6 (5–6) vs 5 (3–6)

4627.5

− 2.5

0.01

0.5 [− 0.2 to 1.1]

0.141

Ultrasound

70 vs 78

5.5 (5–6) vs 5 (3–6)

5931

− 2.8

0.00

0.2 [− 0.5 to 1.0]

0.537

Birth preparation

44 vs 104

5 (3–6) vs 5 (4–6)

2698.5

2.5

0.01

− 0.3 [− 1 to 0.3]

0.334

Post partum

90 vs 58

5 (4–6) vs 5 (4–7)

6284.5

1.7

0.09

  

Childbirth

87 vs 61

5 (4–6) vs 5 (4–6)

6428

0.2

0.83

  

Attend multidisciplinary fetal medicine conferences

70 vs 78

6 (5–6) vs 5 (3–6)

5957.5

− 2.9

0.00

0.5 [0.0 to 1.1]

0.049

Recent training

51 vs 97

5 (4–6) vs 5 (4–6)

3727.5

0.3

0.77

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