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Table 1 Health professionals’ characteristics

From: What factors influence health professionals to use decision aids for Down syndrome prenatal screening?

Characteristics

FP

n = 15

MW

n = 12

OG

n = 9

Total

N = 36

Age (years)a

40.5 ± 13.4

39.8 ± 8.0

48.1 ± 11.7

42.1 ± 11.6

Sex (n women/men)

10/5

12/0

5/4

27/9

Experience (years)a

13.0 ± 12.7

7.7 ± 5.5

18.3 ± 15.2

12.6 ± 12.0

Prenatal visits/weeka

5.4 ± 5.4

13.6 ± 4.2

42.6 ± 30.5

17.4 ± 21.5

Internship student (n)

3

0

1

4

Interview lengths (min)ab

26 ± 6

31 ± 6

27 ± 3

28 ± 6

  1. FP family physicians, MW midwives; and OG obstetrician-gynecologists
  2. aMean ± SD
  3. bInterview lengths include watching the video (10 min.)