Table 1 Characteristics of participating obstetricians and the maternity units in which they worked.
From: Surgical management of postpartum haemorrhage: survey of French obstetricians
Total n = 286 | |
|---|---|
Sex | |
• Female | 100 (35; 29–41) |
• Male | 186 (65; 59–71) |
Age (years) 1 | 45 (35–55) |
Years in practice | 15.5 + /− 11.7 |
Sector | |
• Public | 224 (78; 73–83) |
• Private | 34 (12; 8–16) |
• Public/private | 28 (10; 7–14) |
Status | |
• Assistant Chief Resident/Chief Resident | 44 (15; 11–20) |
• Hospital staff physician | 164 (57; 51–63) |
• University Professor - Hospital staff physician | 26 (9; 6–13) |
• Physician from abroad | 4 (2; 1–3) |
• Physician working in the private sector | 31 (11; 7–15) |
• Prefers not to say | 17 (6; 3–9) |
Preferred subspecialty | |
• Surgery | 93 (32; 27–38) |
• Obstetrics | 156 (55; 49–60) |
• Prenatal diagnosis | 25 (9; 6–13) |
• Assisted reproduction | 12 (4; 2–7) |
Number of on-call duty shifts per month 1 | 4 (3–5) |
Level of maternity unit in which they work | |
• I | 54 (19; 14–24) |
• II | 99 (35; 29–40) |
• III | 133 (46; 40–52) |
Number of deliveries/year in the maternity unit in which they work | 2627 + /− 1329 |
Obstetrician on-call onsite | |
• Yes | 236 (83; 78–87) |
• No | 50 (17; 13–22) |
Obstetrician on-call at home as well as obstetrician on-call onsite | |
• Yes | 129 (45; 38–51) |
• No | 157 (55; 49–61) |
Can always call a colleague for help? | |
• Yes | 279 (98; 95–99) |
• No | 7 (2; 1–5) |
Department has a written protocol for medical management of postpartum haemorrhage? | |
• Yes | 284 (99; 97–100) |
• No | 2 (1; 0–2) |
Department has a written protocol for surgical management of postpartum haemorrhage? | |
• Yes | 171 (60; 54–66) |
• No | 115 (40; 34–66) |
Site of the closest embolization centre | |
• In hospital | 145 (51; 45–57) |
•<20 km from hospital | 66 (23; 18–28) |
• From 20 to 50 km from hospital | 23 (8; 5–11) |
•>50 km from your hospital | 62 (18; 14–23) |
