|
Thresholds deemed appropriate
|
Frequency (n)a and percentage (%)
|
Practice setting (n)a and percentage (%)
|
p-value
|
Time since obtaining FRANZCOG (n) and percentage (%)
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Public
|
Not public
|
< 10 years
|
> 10 years
|
|---|
|
IDAP
|
|
Any Hb
|
Yes
|
114 (26.6)
|
79 (69.9)
|
34 (30.1)
|
0.038C*
|
50 (43.9)
|
64 (56.1)
|
0.243C
|
|
No
|
314 (73.4)
|
248 (79.5)
|
64 (20.5)
| |
117 (37.6)
|
194 (62.4)
| |
|
Hb < 100 g/L
|
Yes
|
232 (54.2)
|
177 (77.0)
|
53 (23.0)
|
0.993C
|
97 (42.0)
|
134 (58.0)
|
0.214C
|
|
No
|
196 (45.8)
|
150 (76.9)
|
45 (23.1)
| |
70 (36.1)
|
124 (63.9)
| |
|
Hb < 90 g/L
|
Yes
|
155 (36.2)
|
116 (75.8)
|
37 (24.2)
|
0.680C
|
57 (36.8)
|
98 (63.2)
|
0.420C
|
|
No
|
273 (63.8)
|
211 (77.6)
|
61 (22.2)
| |
110 (40.7)
|
160 (59.3)
| |
|
Hb < 80 g/L
|
Yes
|
140 (32.7)
|
105 (76.1)
|
33 (23.9)
|
0.772C
|
51 (36.3)
|
89 (63.6)
|
0.397C
|
|
No
|
288 (67.3)
|
222 (77.4)
|
65 (22.6)
| |
116 (40.7)
|
169 (59.3)
| |
|
Any Hb in special circumstancesb
|
Yes
|
202 (47.2)
|
158 (78.6)
|
43 (21.4)
|
0.440C
|
78 (38.3)
|
123 (61.2)
|
0.845C
|
|
No
|
226 (52.8)
|
169 (75.4)
|
55 (24.6)
| |
89 (39.7)
|
135 (60.3)
| |
|
ID without anaemia
|
|
Ferritin < 30 μg/L
|
Yes
|
42 (9.8)
|
29 (69.0)
|
13 (31.0)
|
0.201C
|
20 (47.6)
|
22 (52.4)
|
0.245C
|
|
No
|
386 (90.2)
|
298 (77.8)
|
85 (22.2)
| |
147 (38.4)
|
236 (61.6)
| |
|
Ferritin < 15 μg/L
|
Yes
|
151 (35.3)
|
116 (76.8)
|
35 (23.2)
|
0.965C
|
55 (36.7)
|
95 (63.3)
|
0.413C
|
|
No
|
277 (64.7)
|
211 (77.0)
|
63 (23.0)
| |
112 (40.7)
|
163 (59.3)
| |
|
Trial not an option
|
Yes
|
45 (10.5)
|
34 (77.3)
|
10 (22.7)
|
0.956C
|
9 (20.9)
|
34 (79.1)
|
0.009C**
|
|
No
|
383 (89.5)
|
293 (76.9)
|
88 (23.1)
| |
158 (41.4)
|
224 (58.6)
| |
|
Other
|
Yes
|
20 (4.7)
|
16 (80.0)
|
4 (20.0)
|
1.000F
|
5 (25.0)
|
15 (75.0)
|
0.180C
|
|
No
|
408 (95.3)
|
311 (76.8)
|
94 (23.2)
| |
162 (40.0)
|
243 (60.0)
| |
- Abbreviations: FRANZCOG Fellowship of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; IDAP iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy; ID iron deficiency; Hb haemoglobin. Superscript: F, Fisher’s Exact; C, Pearson’s Chi-Squared
- a“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
- bExamples of special circumstances specified included late in pregnancy, Jehovah’s witness, known prior oral iron intolerance
