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Table 1 Characteristics of residents who responded to the survey

From: Surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: national survey of French residents of obstetrics and gynecology

 

Total n = 156

Sex

• Female

125 (80; 73–86)

• Male

31 (20; 14–27)

Age (years)a

29 (28–30)

Semester

8.1 +/−  1.2

• 7th

59 (38; 33–44)

• 8th

18 (11.5; 8–15)

• 9th

61 (39; 36–42)

• 10th

18 (11.5; 8.5–15)

Semesters of surgery residency

2.4 +/−  1.3

Has provided obstetric care alone, without senior obstetrician onsite

• Yes

22 (14; 9–21)

• No

80 (51; 43–59)

• Not applicable b

54 (35; 27–43)

Number of obstetrical calls/month

5.3 +/− 1.2

Number of obstetrical calls since the beginning of residency

196.3 +/−  84

Considers severe PPH requiring surgical treatment a situation that is:

• Extremely stressful

48 (31; 24–39)

• Stressful

107 (68.5; 61–76)

• A little stressful

1 (0.5; 0–3.5)

• Absolutely not stressful

0

A senior obstetrician is always onsite when respondent is on-call.

• Yes

147 (94; 89–97)

• No

9 (6; 3–11)

Considers that he/she knows the department’s protocol for medical management of postpartum haemorrhage:

• Completely

81 (52; 44–60)

• Sufficiently

68 (43.5; 36–52)

• Insufficiently

7 (4.5; 2–6)

• Not at all

0

  1. Data are expressed as means +/− standard deviations or n (%; 95% confidence intervals)
  2. aMedian (interquartile range)
  3. bResident in 4th year, during the 7th semester