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Table 4 Unadjusted associations between maternal and clinic characteristics and satisfaction scores

From: Predictors of prenatal care satisfaction among pregnant women in American Samoa

 

Clinic services

Clinic accessibility

Physician’s interactions

Overall satisfaction

Characteristic

Mean

p value

Mean

p value

Mean

p value

Mean

p value

Age (years)

 20 or younger

67.7

 

55.9

 

77.6

 

67.8

 

 21–25

68.1

 

58.6

 

75.9

 

68.1

 

 26–30

75.0

0.11

64.0

0.11

80.9

0.17

74.3

0.11

 31–35

61.3

 

48.8

 

68.6

 

60.7

 

 36 or older

62.8

 

63.7

 

79.2

 

66.9

 

Marital Status

 Singlea

68.8

0.89

59.5

0.79

76.9

0.96

68.9

0.90

 Married/Cohabitating

68.3

 

58.4

 

76.8

 

68.4

 

Education Level

 Secondary School or Less

68.6

0.72

58.6

0.83

77.3

0.56

68.8

0.68

 Higher Education

67.3

 

57.8

 

75.5

 

67.4

 

Employment Status

 Unemployed/Student

70.9

0.04

60.8

0.10

79.1

0.04

70.9

0.03

 Employed/Maternity Leave

63.9

 

54.6

 

72.6

 

64.2

 

Resident Statusb

 Resident

67.8

0.68

55.5

<0.01

75.1

0.10

67.2

0.19

 Non-resident

69.6

 

69.1

 

81.5

 

72.3

 

Health Insurance

 No

67.3

0.29

58.8

0.94

75.8

0.37

67.7

0.39

 Yes

72.5

 

58.4

 

79.7

 

71.5

 

WIC Enrolledc

 No

75.1

0.24

70.0

0.09

76.7

0.98

74.5

0.26

 Yes

67.4

 

57.6

 

76.5

 

67.7

 

Parity

 Nulliparous

68.0

 

58.5

 

77.3

 

68.4

 

 1–2 births

69.1

0.80

55.7

0.42

77.7

0.82

68.6

0.86

 3–4 births

69.3

 

64.3

 

75.9

 

69.9

 

 5 or more births

62.9

 

58.6

 

72.3

 

64.3

 

Pre-Pregnancy Weightd

 94–160 lbs

66.5

 

55.9

 

73.6

 

66.2

 

 161–208 lbs

68.6

0.88

60.5

0.50

76.9

0.60

69.0

0.76

 209–430 lbs

66.7

 

55.6

 

77.1

 

67.3

 

Trimester at the Time of Survey

 First

71.5

 

63.1

 

81.1

 

72.2

 

 Second

65.6

0.62

57.0

0.61

73.4

0.36

65.8

0.52

 Third

67.4

 

57.2

 

76.3

 

67.6

 

Pregnancy Complications

 No

68.0

0.60

58.6

0.88

77.0

0.68

68.3

0.80

 Yes

70.8

 

59.4

 

74.9

 

69.6

 

Previous Pregnancy Loss

 No

68.7

0.50

58.2

0.99

77.8

0.08

68.9

0.41

 Yes

65.2

 

58.3

 

69.3

 

64.9

 

Most Visited Clinic

 LBJTMC

68.5

0.38

58.0

0.90

77.0

0.41

68.5

0.48

 Other

64.5

 

58.6

 

73.7

 

65.6

 

Driving Time to Clinic

 Less than 10 min

72.7

 

65.3

 

81.7

 

73.5

 

 11–19 min

65.6

0.02

54.3

<0.01

74.5

<0.01

65.6

<0.01

 20 min or more

59.2

 

46.4

 

64.5

 

58.1

 

Average Time Spent at Clinic Per Appointment

 0–30 min

79.0

 

75.4

 

85.0

   

 30 min – 1 h

76.0

 

67.2

 

80.1

 

75.3

 

 1 h – 1 h 30 min

72.2

<0.01

62.3

<0.01

77.5

0.13

72.2

<0.01

 1 h 30 min – 2 h

66.0

 

56.2

 

74.1

 

66.1

 

 More than 2 h

56.9

 

45.4

 

71.8

 

58.3

 

Attended All Scheduled Appointments

 No

58.1

.07

52.3

0.32

70.9

0.26

60.1

0.10

 Yes

69.1

 

58.8

 

77.0

 

69.0

 
  1. Bolding denotes significance at p < 0.05; Binomial variables were analyzed using independent t-tests, categorical variables with ANOVA
  2. aSingle includes never married, separated, divorced and widowed
  3. bResident status refers to having permanent residence in American Samoa
  4. cWIC enrollment may be for the pregnant participant or another child, or both
  5. dWeight ranges represent data driven tertiles (see Table 1)