Table 4.

Association of occupation, gender, years worked, program size, and country income status with clinicians’ recommendations on lifting, swimming, postcatheterization, and falls prevention

Participant characteristics	Lifting OR (95% CI)	P-value	Swimming/water sports OR (95% CI)	P-value	Activity after catheter insertion OR (95% CI)	P-value	Fall prevention OR (95% CI)	P-value
Gender		0.532		0.119		0.363		0.944
Female	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Male	0.88 (0.60, 1.30)		0.79 (0.59, 1.06)		1.19 (0.82,1.71)		0.99 (0.75,1.30)
Occupation		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Nephrologist	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Dietician	0.25 (0.07, 0.91)		0.15 (0.06, 0.36)		0.15 (0.07,0.34)		0.64 (0.37,1.12)
Exercise professional	1.27 (0.40,4.04)		0.18 (0.05, 0.67)		0.92 (0.38,2.18)		1.41 (0.51,3.86)
Nurse	1.45 (0.91,2.28)		0.98 (0.65, 1.49)		1.27 (0.99,1.63)		3.38 (2.31,4.93)
Social worker	1.85 (1.26, 2.73)		0.66 (0.26, 1.72)		1.04 (0.43,2.50)		2.10 (1.20,3.67)
Other	0.07 (0.01, 0.55)		0.06 (0.01, 0.47)		0.19 (0.06,0.64)		1.76 (0.53,5.83)
Work experience		0.377		<0.001		<0.001		0.540
<2 yr	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
2–5 yr	1.30 (0.72,2.35)		1.42 (0.78, 2.57)		1.67 (1.13,2.48)		0.82 (0.53,1.26)
>5 yr	1.54 (0.80,2.98)		1.94 (1.17, 3.21)		2.47 (1.62,3.79)		0.94 (0.56,1.57)
Size of center		0.293		<0.001		0.002		0.172
<20 patients	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
20−50 patients	1.16 (0.72,1.87)		1.65 (1.20, 2.27)		1.44 (0.98,2.11)		1.27 (0.85,1.90)
51−100 patients	1.48 (0.87,2.54)		1.43 (0.93, 2.19)		1.97 (1.38,2.80)		1.11 (0.75,1.65)
>100 patients	1.41 (0.88,2.26)		1.02 (0.73, 1.43)		1.76 (1.24,2.49)		1.63 (1.06,2.53)
Income status		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
High-income	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Upper middle-income	0.16 (0.07,0.37)		0.24 (0.12,0.50)		0.31 (0.17,0.56)		2.04 (1.26,3.31)
Lower middle-income	0.58 (0.28,1.18)		0.19 (0.08,0.46)		0.64 (0.27,1.50)		2.93 (1.54,5.55)

CI, confidence interval;OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference.