Demographic characteristics of survey respondents
| CHARACTERISTICS | FP TYPE | P VALUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPI (N = 503)* | FPP (N = 252)* | FPN (N = 142)* | ||
| Sex, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| • Male | 158 (31.4) | 103 (42.2) | 23 (16.2) | |
| • Female | 345 (68.6) | 147 (58.8) | 119 (83.8) | |
| Mean (SD) age, y | 43.25 (9.43) | 48.50 (9.92) | 39.94 (7.88) | <.001†‡§ |
| Language, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| • English | 429 (85.3) | 243 (96.4) | 127 (89.4) | |
| • French | 74 (14.7) | 9 (3.6) | 15 (10.6) | |
| Region, n (%) | ||||
| • British Columbia or Alberta | 166 (33.6) | 88 (35.8) | 27 (19.6) | |
| • Saskatchewan or Manitoba | 62 (12.6) | 32 (13.0) | 8 (5.8) | |
| • Ontario | 111 (22.5) | 87 (35.4) | 70 (50.7) | |
| • Quebec | 88 (17.8) | 16 (6.5) | 18 (13.0) | |
| • Atlantic Provinces | 45 (9.1) | 17 (6.9) | 15 (10.9) | |
| • Territories | 22 (4.5) | 6 (2.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | .119 | |||
| • Married or common law | 446 (88.8) | 222 (88.1) | 133 (94.3) | |
| Have ever given birth (self or partner), n (%) | 408 (81.1) | 215 (85.3) | 112 (78.9) | .215 |
| Mean (SD) duration of obstetric training, mo | 4.62 (6.91) | 4.41 (5.07) | 2.54 (2.55) | .002ठ|
| Taken ALARM or ALSO course, n (%) | 437 (87.1) | 137 (54.4) | 28 (20.1) | <.001 |
| Payment for clinical practice, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| • Fee-for-service | 385 (76.5) | 187 (74.5) | 85 (63.4) | |
| • Mixed methods | 118 (23.5) | 64 (25.5) | 49 (36.6) | |
| Level of hospital where practising,|| n (%) | ||||
| • Level 1 | 143 (28.7) | - | - | |
| • Level 2 | 213 (42.8) | - | - | |
| • Level 3 teaching | 141 (28.3) | - | - | |
| • Other | 1 (0.2) | - | - | |
ALARM—Advances in Labour and Risk Management, ALSO—Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics, FPI—family physicians providing intrapartum and antenatal care, FPN—family physicians providing antenatal care who have never provided intrapartum care, FPP—family physicians providing antenatal care who previously provided intrapartum care.
↵* Denominators vary owing to missing data.
↵† Significant post-hoc Bonferroni, FPI and FPP.
↵‡ Significant post-hoc Bonferroni, FPI and FPN.
↵§ Significant post-hoc Bonferroni, FPP and FPN.
↵|| Cannot calculate level of hospital distribution or number of births for those not providing intrapartum care, owing to the wording of the question.