Table 1 Participant characteristics and associations between the demographics and intention to recommend TOLAC to pregnant women with a history of CS (N = 426)
Total mean ± SD/f (%) | Intended (n = 294) mean (SD)/f (%) | Not intended (n = 132) mean (SD)/f (%) | t/χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 36.76 ± 8.17 | 37.38 ± 8.38 | 35.36 ± 7.52 | 2.47 | 0.01* |
Sex | 0.74 | 0.41 | |||
Male | 47 (11.0) | 35 (11.9) | 12 (9.1) | ||
Female | 379 (89.0) | 259 (88.1) | 120 (90.9) | ||
Ethnicity | 3.27 | 0.08 | |||
Han | 362 (85.0) | 256 (87.1) | (12.9) | ||
Minority | 64 (15.0) | 38 (80.3) | (19.7) | ||
Highest education | 6.59 | 0.16 | |||
Technical secondary school | 10 (2.3) | 7 (2.4) | 3 (2.3) | ||
Junior college | 42 (9.9) | 27 (9.2) | 15 (13.0) | ||
Undergraduate university | 255 (59.9) | 171 (58.2) | 84 (79.0) | ||
Postgraduate university | 101 (23.7) | 72 (24.5) | 29 (31.3) | ||
Doctorate university | 18 (4.2) | 17 (5.8) | 1 (5.6) | ||
Type of hospital | 4.82 | 0.04* | |||
General hospital | 375 (88.0) | 252 (85.7) | 123 (93.2) | ||
Specialized hospitals of obstetrics and gynecology | 51 (12.0) | 42 (14.3) | 9 (6.8) | ||
Grade of hospital& | 0.01 | 1.00 | |||
Level 3 | 221 (51.9) | 153 (52.0) | 68 (51.5) | ||
Level 2 | 205 (48.1) | 141 (48.0) | 64 (48.5) | ||
Professional title | 6.21 | 0.10 | |||
Resident physician | 137 (40.6) | 111 (37.8) | 62 (47.0) | ||
Attending physician | 140 (32.9) | 98 (33.3) | 42 (31.8) | ||
Associate senior physician | 84 (19.7) | 60 (20.4) | 24 (18.2) | ||
Senior physician | 29 (6.8) | 25 (8.5) | 4 (3.0) | ||
Administrative post | 1.90 | 0.39 | |||
Director of obstetrics department | 49 (11.5) | 36 (12.2) | 13 (9.8) | ||
Vice-director of obstetrics department | 24 (5.6) | 19 (6.5) | 5 (7.4) | ||
None | 253 (82.9) | 239 (81.3) | 114 (86.4) | ||
Duration of work experience (year) | 12.93 ± 9.42 | 13.41 ± 9.63 | 11.87 ± 8.87 | 1.56 | 0.12 |
Experienced vaginal delivery (themselves/their wife) | 4.76 | 0.03* | |||
Yes | 185 (43.4) | 138 (46.9) | 47 (35.6) | ||
No | 241 (56.6) | 156 (53.1) | 85 (64.4) | ||
Intention to choose TOLAC for themselves/their wife if they became pregnant and had a history of CS (n = 148) | |||||
Yes | 58 (39.2) | / | / | ||
No | 90 (60.8) | / | / | ||