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Table 2 Comparison of Midwifery Process Questionnaire group mean scores between caseload and standard care midwives

From: Comparing satisfaction and burnout between caseload and standard care midwives: findings from two cross-sectional surveys conducted in Victoria, Australia

		Caseload			Standard care
	Survey	n	Mean score	sd	n	Mean score	sd	Mean diff	p* value	95% confidence interval
Professional satisfaction	Baseline	20	0.58	0.89	128	0.60	0.67	−0.24	0.89	−0.36, 0.31
Professional satisfaction	Two years	22	1.08	0.51	132	0.76	0.56	0.32	0.01	0.07, 0.57
Professional support	Baseline	20	0.21	1.09	128	0.04	0.68	0.17	0.34	−0.18, 0.52
Professional support	Two years	22	1.06	0.41	132	0.11	0.58	0.94	<0.01	0.69, 1.20
Client interaction	Baseline	20	0.1	1.21	128	−0.1	0.83	0.2	0.34	−0.22, 0.63
Client interaction	Two years	22	1.4	0.38	132	0.09	0.71	1.31	<0.01	1.01, 1.61
Professional development	Baseline	20	0.69	0.81	128	0.59	0.82	0.1	0.61	−0.29, 0.49
Professional development	Two years	22	0.76	0.73	132	0.78	0.65	−0.02	0.9	−0.32, 0.28

*p value calculated using t-test to compare the group mean scores between caseload and standard care.

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