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. 2022 Nov 24;41(4):484–493. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmac134

Table 3.

Association between six barriers to vulnerability assessment and antenatal care organization, GP, and practice characteristics.

Barrier level Individual GP barrier Practice organizational barriers System-level barriers
Outcome variable TDF domain Behavioural regulation Memory and attention Social influences Believe in capability Environmental context and resources Reinforcement
Construct Lacking routines in how to address vulnerability (D) GPs and staff lacking shared attention on assessing vulnerability (C) Insufficient organizational culture—Lacking medical record-keeping (F) Lacking overview whether managing assessment of vulnerability (H.1) Perceived sufficiency of socio-political context—remuneration (E.2) (reversed) Increased motivation from extra remuneration (M)
Explanatory variable Text aOR (CI) aOR (CI) aOR (CI) aOR (CI) aOR (CI) aOR (CI)
Time to 1st ANC consultation in minutesa <30 1.16 (0.70–1.92) 0.94 (0.56–1.56) 0.82 (0.53–1.29) 1.01 (0.60–1.71) 0.65 (0.38–1.10) 1.29 (0.75–2.21)
30 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
>30 1.03 (0.77–1.37) 0.90 (0.68–1.20) 0.63 (0.47–0.84)** 1.07 (0.80–1.43) 1.52 (1.14–2.01)** 1.08 (0.81–1.42)
Allocating extra time to ANC for vulnerable pregnant women a Never 1.43 (0.93–2.21) 1.78 (1.15–2.74)** 0.75 (0.48–1.15) 1.43 (0.93–2.20) 0.50 (0.32–0.78)** 0.52 (0.34–0.80)**
Rarely 1.41 (0.98–2.04) 1.69 (1.18–2.41)** 1.09 (0.77–1.54) 1.25 (0.89–1.75) 0.85 (0.59–1.22) 0.92 (0.65–1.31)
Sometimes 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Often 0.85 (0.57–1.29) 0.92 (0.62–1.37) 0.76 (0.52–1.13) 0.81 (0.53–1.24) 1.39 (0.95–2.04) 0.96 (0.68–1.38)
Always 0.93 (0.52–1.63) 0.89 (0.52–1.53) 0.47 (0.27–0.82)** 0.67 (0.40–1.12) 1.60 (0.89–2.88) 0.85 (0.49–1.49)
Delegating ANC consultations fully to practice staffa No 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Yes 0.77 (0.55–1.08) 0.92 (0.64–1.33) 0.70 (0.50–0.99)* 0.74 (0.52–1.05) 1.17 (0.83–1.65) 1.10 (0.79–1.54)
GP trainees doing 1st ANC consultationa Always/often 0.83 (0.47–1.46) 0.96 (0.59–1.57) 0.71 (0.40–1.26) 0.81 (0.46–1.40) 1.09 (0.61–1.95) 0.84 (0.49–1.44)
Sometimes 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Rarely 1.33 (0.93–1.90) 0.84 (0.60–1.18) 0.98 (0.70–1.38) 1.01 (0.71–1.43) 1.63 (1.15–2.31)** 1.53 (1.08–2.18)*
Never 1.51 (0.69–3.30) 1.57 (0.67–3.71) 1.27 (0.59–2.75) 2.72 (1.20–6.17)* 2.56 (1.02–6.42)* 3.57 (1.49–8.56)**
No trainees 1.29 (0.79–2.11) 0.90 (0.57–1.43) 0.96 (0.61–1.49) 0.90 (0.55–1.49) 1.25 (0.77–2.02) 1.14 (0.75–1.73)
Prioritizing continuity in ANC between HCP and pregnant woman a Never 1.30 (0.22–7.80) 1.04 (0.21–5.23) 0.78 (0.11–5.69) 0.73 (0.13–4.05) 0.65 (0.04–11.24) 2.35 (0.48–11.45)
Rarely 0.96 (0.30–3.06) 0.58 (0.19–1.73) 0.91 (0.34–2.44) 1.19 (0.57–2.51) 0.70 (0.29–1.69) 0.50 (0.10–2.43)
Sometimes 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Often 0.67 (0.33–1.36) 0.57 (0.33–0.97)* 0.72 (0.40–1.30) 0.93 (0.51–1.69) 0.70 (0.37–1.31) 0.84 (0.42–1.68)
Always 0.35 (0.16–0.75)** 0.36 (0.19–0.68)** 0.45 (0.24–0.86)* 0.47 (0.24–0.91)* 0.52 (0.26–1.06) 0.54 (0.25–1.14)
GP gendera Male 1.60 (1.22–2.09)*** 1.30 (1.00–1.68)* 0.85 (0.65–1.11) 1.46 (1.11–1.93)** 0.79 (0.60–1.03) 1.06 (0.81–1.38)
Female 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
GP age in yearsa ≤45 1.56 (1.14–2.12)** 1.11 (0.83–1.50) 1.03 (0.76–1.41) 1.31 (0.94–1.82) 1.01 (0.74–1.39) 1.42 (1.02–1.97)*
46–60 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
>60 0.97 (0.66–1.42) 1.30 (0.86–1.94) 1.55 (1.08–2.22)* 1.12 (0.77–1.63) 1.55 (1.08–2.22)* 0.76 (0.52–1.10)
Practice typea Single–handed 0.68 (0.41–1.13) 1.00 (0.60–1.67) 0.92 (0.57–1.48) 0.80 (0.47–1.35) 1.33 (0.82–2.16) 0.94 (0.62–1.43)
Partnership 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Patient load (average number of patients/GP)a <1500 1.21 (0.79–1.85) 1.15 (0.76–1.75) 0.81 (0.53–1.23) 1.14 (0.75–1.74) 1.25 (0.86–1.83) 0.98 (0.68–1.41)
1500–2000 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
>2000 1.04 (0.69–1.56) 0.81 (0.48–1.38) 0.80 (0.48–1.32) 0.69 (0.44–1.08) 0.73 (0.42–1.27) 0.84 (0.53–1.34)
Region Capital Region 0.96 (0.65–1.41) 0.98 (0.66–1.46) 0.89 (0.60–1.32) 0.89 (0.61–1.31) 0.95 (0.65–1.38) 1.10 (0.75–1.63)
Region Zealand 0.97 (0.58–1.63) 1.17 (0.77–1.78) 0.86 (0.57–1.31) 0.87 (0.52–1.45) 1.33 (0.82–2.16) 0.78 (0.49–1.22)
Region of Southern Denmark 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Central Denmark Region 0.95 (0.67–1.34) 0.80 (0.55–1.16) 0.75 (0.53–1.06) 0.86 (0.60–1.22) 1.19 (0.82–1.73) 1.09 (0.74–1.60)
Region of Northern Denmark 0.79 (0.48–1.30) 0.83 (0.47–1.47) 0.86 (0.52–1.44) 0.75 (0.43–1.33) 1.60 (1.00–2.58) 0.93 (0.57–1.51)

Barriers represented by selected domains of the Theoretical Domain Framework, N = 760.

GP: general practitioner; ANC: Antenatal care.

aAdjusted for ANC organization, GP and practice characteristics.

***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.