Table 4 Training around, and knowledge of, guidelines related to role
From: Survey of UK health professionals supporting parents after loss from a twin pregnancy
|  | Doctor (%) (n = 137) | Midwife (%) (n = 48) | Nurse (%) (n = 80) | p for difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | Â | ||
Received training | Yes | 70 (55.1) | 14 (29.8) | 35 (45.5) | X2 = 8.999; p = 0.011 |
Used national guidelines | Yes | 40 (31.5) | 13 (27.7) | 25 (32.5) | X2 = 0.336; p = 0.845 |
Know of local guidelines | Yes | 42 (33.1) | 22 (46.8) | 25 (32.5) | X2 = 3.263; p = 0.196 |
Opinion of current training/guidelines | |||||
 Inadequate | 36 (28.6) | 19 (40.4) | 37.7 | X2 = 8.259; p = 0.083 | |
 More would be helpful | 79 (62.7) | 27 (57.4) | 47 (61.0) |  | |
 Adequate | 11 (8.7) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (1.3) |  | |
Providing practical support | |||||
 No or some confidence | 42 (34.7) | 18 (40.9) | 39 (48.7) | X2 = 3.800 p = 0.150 | |
 Fairly or very confident | 79 (65.3) | 26 (59.1) | 39 (51.3) |  | |
Providing emotional support | |||||
 No or some confidence | 40 (33.1) | 11 (25.0) | 24 (31.6) | X2 = 0.988; p = 0.610 | |
 Fairly or very confident | 81 (66.9) | 33 (75.0) | 52 (68.4) |  | |
Compared to providing medical care | |||||
 Less confident | 35 (29.9) | 7 (17.1) | 28 (37.3) | X2 = 40.143; p < 0.001 | |
 Equally confident | 66 (56.4) | 14 (34.1) | 44 (58.7) |  | |
 More confident | 16 (13.7) | 20 (48.8) | 3 (4.0) |  | |
Compared to singleton loss | |||||
 Less confident | 29 (24.0) | 13 (30.2) | 12 (16.0) | X2 = 5.864; p = 0.210 | |
 Equally confident | 92 (76.0) | 29 (67.4) | 62 (82.7) |  | |
 More confident | 0 | 1 (2.3) | 1 (1.3) |  | |