Assessing knowledge of healthcare providers concerning cardiovascular risk after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: an Australian national survey

Roth, Heike; Homer, Caroline S. E.; Arnott, Clare; Roberts, Lynne; Brown, Mark; Henry, Amanda

doi:10.1186/s12884-020-03418-5

Table 3 Means of risk factor knowledge score by profession and by pregnancy HDP (PE or GH)

From: Assessing knowledge of healthcare providers concerning cardiovascular risk after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: an Australian national survey

	Midwives n = 171		GPs n = 71		Obstetricians n = 178		Cardiologists n = 26		P
	PE	GH	PE	GH	PE	GH	PE	GH	PE	GH
CH	0.70 (mod)	0.65 (mod)	0.83 (high)	0.85 (high)	0.88 (high)	0.86 (high)	1.00 (high)	1.00 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Diabetes	0.30 (low)	0.25 (low)	0.39 (low)	0.41 (low)	0.40 (low)	0.39 (low)	0.81 (high)	0.65 (mod)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Renal Disease	0.63 (mod)	0.50 (low)	0.81 (high)	0.71 (mod)	0.81 (high)	0.71 (mod)	1.00 (high)	0.88 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Cardiac Death	0.54 (mod)	0.46 (low)	0.76 (mod)	0.67 (mod)	0.79 (mod)	0.69 (mod)	0.88 (high)	0.81 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
IHD/MI	0.56 (mod)	0.48 (low)	0.76 (mod)	0.77 (mod)	0.82 (high)	0.74 (mod)	0.96 (high)	0.92 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
HDP repeat	0.72 (mod)	0.49 (low)	0.84 (high)	0.77 (mod)	0.90 (high)	0.74 (mod)	0.96 (high)	0.92 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Stroke	0.60 (mod)	0.52 (mod)	0.76 (mod)	0.72 (mod)	0.80 (mod)	0.68 (mod)	0.92 (high)	0.88 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
PVD	0.47 (low)	0.41 (low)	0.59 (mod)	0.51 (mod)	0.58 (mod)	0.54 (mod)	0.73 (mod)	0.65 (mod)	0.250	0.022
Overall Mortality	0.61 (mod)	0.51 (mod)	0.77 (mod)	0.67 (mod)	0.78 (mod)	0.71 (mod)	0.92 (high)	0.88 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Breast Cancer^a	0.28 (low)	0.28 (low)	0.43 (low)	0.41 (low)	0.48 (low)	0.46 (low)	0.42 (low)	0.50 (low)	≤0.001	≤0.001
Leukaemia^a	0.29 (low)	0.28 (low)	0.32 (low)	0.37 (low)	0.46 (low)	0.46 (low)	0.46 (low)	0.50 (low)	0.003	≤0.001
Seizures^a	0.16 (low)	0.25 (low)	0.33 (low)	0.49 (low)	0.44 (low)	0.46 (low)	0.27 (low)	0.35 (low)	≤0.001	≤0.001
*Overall mean Knowledge score (out of 12)*	5.85 (low)	5.08 (low)	7.59 (mod)	7.36 (mod)	8.15 (mod)	7.45 (mod)	9.35 (high)	8.96 (high)	≤0.001	≤0.001

CH chronic hypertension, IHD ischaemic heart disease, MI myocardial infarction, HDP hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, PVD peripheral vascular disease, mod moderate
^a Breast cancer, leukaemia and seizures are distractors within the survey. These were included despite being conditions that women after HDP are not at greater risk of

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