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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of clients receiving group or individual care, among study participants and among all clients at South Community Birth Program (SCBP)

From: An evaluation of Interprofessional group antenatal care: a prospective comparative study

 

Study participants

P (difference between group and individual)

All clients receiving care at SCBP

P (difference between group sample and all clients)

P (difference between individual sample and all clients)

P (difference between group and individual in sample vs. all clients)

 

Group

Individual

 

Group

Individual

   

Age (years)

32.4 ± 0.3

34.5 ± 0.4

0.0001a

33.1 ± 0.2

33.8 ± 0.2

0.0008

0.12

0.004

Parity

 Nulliparous

188/207 (91%)

25/96 (26%)

0.0001b

416/465 (89%)

112/374 (30%)

0.48

0.27

0.22

 Multiparous

19/207 (9%)

71/96 (74%)

 

49/465 (11%)

262/374 (70%)

   

Race

 Caucasian

132/207 (64%)

40/96 (42%)

0.0005b

272/465 (58%)

156/374 (42%)

0.03

0.91

0.29

 East Asian

51/207 (25%)

44/96 (46%)

 

152/465 (33%)

147/374 (39%)

0.002

0.16

0.004

 Other

24/207 (12%)

12/96 (13%)

 

41/465 (9%)

71/374 (19%)

0.08

0.08

0.01

  1. Standard statistical tests were used to compare values between care types in study participants, and randomizations were used to determine whether study participants represented a random sample of all of clients at SCBP
  2. aGeneral linear model
  3. bChi-squared test