| |
Frequency (n)a and percentage (%)
|
Practice setting (n) and percentage (%)b,c
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Public
|
Not public
|
|---|
|
Oral iron always first-line, IV possibly second-line
|
|
IDAP
|
Yes
|
141 (33.9)
|
112 (79.4)
|
29 (20.6)
|
0.705C
|
|
No
|
275 (66.1)
|
214 (77.8)
|
61 (22.2)
|
|
ID without anaemia
|
Yes
|
188 (45.9)
|
148 (78.7)
|
40 (21.3)
|
0.846C
|
|
No
|
222 (54.1)
|
173 (77.9)
|
49 (22.1)
| |
|
Oral usually first-line, IV sometimes first-line and always second-line
|
|
IDAP
|
Yes
|
247 (59.4)
|
192 (77.7)
|
55 (22.3)
|
0.705C
|
|
No
|
169 (40.6)
|
134 (79.3)
|
35 (20.7)
| |
|
ID without anaemia
|
Yes
|
91 (22.2)
|
65 (71.4)
|
26 (28.5)
|
0.072C
|
|
No
|
319 (77.8)
|
256 (80.3)
|
63 (19.7)
| |
|
IV usually first-line
|
|
IDAP
|
Yes
|
3 (0.7)
|
3 (100)
|
0 (0)
|
1.000F
|
|
No
|
413 (99.3)
|
323 (78.2)
|
90 (21.8)
| |
|
ID without anaemia
|
Yes
|
2 (0.5)
|
2 (100)
|
0 (0)
|
1.000F
|
|
No
|
408 (99.5)
|
319 (78.2)
|
89 (21.8)
| |
|
IV never
|
|
IDAP
|
Yes
|
1 (0.2)
|
1 (100))
|
0 (0)
|
1.000F
|
|
No
|
415 (99.8)
|
325 (78.3)
|
90 (21.7)
| |
|
ID without anaemia
|
Yes
|
68 (16.6)
|
55 (80.9)
|
13 (19.1)
|
0.571C
|
|
No
|
342 (83.4)
|
266 (77.8)
|
76 (22.2)
| |
|
No consistent policy
|
|
IDAP
|
Yes
|
19 (4.6)
|
14 (73.7)
|
5 (26.3)
|
0.575C
|
|
No
|
397 (95.4)
|
312 (78.6)
|
85 (21.4)
| |
|
ID without anaemia
|
Yes
|
47 (11.5)
|
38 (80.9)
|
9 (19.1)
|
0.651C
|
|
No
|
363 (88.5)
|
283 (78.0)
|
80 (22.0)
| |
- Abbreviations: IV intravenous; IDAP iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy; ID iron deficiency. Superscript: F, Fisher’s Exact; C, Pearson’s Chi-Squared
- aFor IDAP n = 416; For ID without anaemia n = 413
- bFor practice setting analysis IDAP n = 416, ID without anaemia n = 410
- c“Public” represents clinicians whose practice sites include metropolitan public and/or non-metropolitan public hospitals; “not public” includes clinicians who practice exclusively in metropolitan private hospitals, non-metropolitan private hospitals or others
