From: Diabetes care in remote Australia: the antenatal, postpartum and inter-pregnancy period
Health professional | Region | Location | Time in role (years) | Total | |||||||||||
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Med Pract n = 23 | Nurse n = 25 | Dietician/DE n = 20 | Other n = 14 | p | CA | Top End | p | Urban | Remote | p | 0–5 | 5+ | p | ||
Screening | |||||||||||||||
Antenatal screening | n = 76 | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 17 (81) | 19 (76) | 7 (39) | 5 (42) | 23 (66) | 25 (61) | 22 (73) | 26 (57) | 21 (49) | 27 (82) | 48 (63) | ||||
No/unsure | 4 (19) | 6 (24) | 11 (61) | 7 (59) | 0.009 | 12 (34) | 16 (39) | 0.67 | 8 (27) | 20 (43) | 0.14 | 22 (51) | 6 (18) | 0.003 | 28 (37) |
Postpartum screening | n = 54 | ||||||||||||||
Yes | 16 (94) | 17 (89) | 3 (27) | 4 (57) | 19 (76) | 21 (72) | 18 (86) | 22 (67) | 17 (61) | 23 (88) | 40 (74) | ||||
No/unsure | 1 (6) | 2 (11) | 8 (73) | 3 (43) | < 0.001 | 6 (24) | 8 (28) | 0.76 | 3 (14) | 11 (33) | 0.12 | 11 (39) | 3 (12) | 0.02 | 14 (26) |
When screening** | n = 49 | ||||||||||||||
At 6 weeks | 9 (53) | 12 (71) | 3 (30) | 2 (40) | 13 (54) | 12 (52) | 14 (74) | 12 (40) | 14 (56) | 12 (50) | 26 (53) | ||||
From 3 to 12 months | 8 (47) | 5 (29) | 7 (70) | 3 (60) | 0.21 | 11 (46) | 12 (48) | 0.88 | 5 (26) | 18 (60) | 0.021 | 11 (44) | 12 (50) | 0.67 | 23 (47) |
Pre-pregnancy counselling: | n = 55 | ||||||||||||||
≤ 20% | 12 (67) | 17 (89) | 9 (82) | 5 (71) | 21 (84) | 22 (73) | 14 (70) | 29 (83) | 25 (86) | 18 (69) | 43 (78) | ||||
> 20% | 6 (33) | 2 (11) | 2 (18) | 2 (29) | 0.38 | 4 (16) | 8 (27) | 0.34 | 6 (30) | 6 (17) | 0.27 | 4 (14) | 8 (31) | 0.13 | 12 (22) |
Confidence | |||||||||||||||
Antenatal management | n = 79 | ||||||||||||||
Confident | 15 (71) | 15 (40) | 14 (74) | 5 (36) | 19 (54) | 30 (68) | 18 (58) | 31 (65) | 27 (59) | 22 (67) | 49 (62) | ||||
Not confident | 10 (40) | 6 (29) | 5 (26) | 9 (64) | 0.11 | 16 (46) | 14 (32) | 0.21 | 13 (42) | 17 (35) | 0.56 | 19 (41) | 11 (33) | 0.47 | 30 (38) |
Post-partum interval | n = 58 | ||||||||||||||
Confident | 14 (78) | 10 (56) | 6 (46) | 3 (33) | 15 (60) | 18 (55) | 11 (52) | 22 (59) | 18 (55) | 15 (60) | 33 (57) | ||||
Not confident | 4 (22) | 8 (44) | 7 (54) | 6 (67) | 0.12 | 10 (40) | 15 (45) | 0.68 | 10 (48) | 15 (41) | 0.60 | 15 (45) | 10 (40) | 0.68 | 25 (43) |
Pre-pregnancy counselling | n = 55 | ||||||||||||||
Confident | 13 (76) | 11 (58) | 8 (73) | 4 (50) | 16 (64) | 20 (67) | 10 (53) | 26 (72) | 20 (69) | 16 (62) | 36 (65) | ||||
Not confident | 4 (24) | 8 (42) | 3 (27) | 4 (50) | 0.48 | 9 (36) | 10 (33) | 0.84 | 9 (47) | 10 (28) | 0.15 | 9 (31) | 10 (38) | 0.56 | 19 (35) |