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Table 5 Treatment approach in pregnancy and association with practice setting

From: The use of intravenous iron in pregnancy: for whom and when? A survey of Australian and New Zealand obstetricians

 

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)

 
  1. Abbreviations: IV intravenous; IDAP iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy; ID iron deficiency. Superscript: F, Fisher’s Exact; C, Pearson’s Chi-Squared
  2. aFor IDAP n = 416; For ID without anaemia n = 413
  3. bFor practice setting analysis IDAP n = 416, ID without anaemia n = 410
  4. 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