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. 2014 Aug 1;23(8):707–713. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4567

Table 3.

Association of Hypothesized Factors with the Provision of Routine Contraceptive Counseling

  ORa Lower CI Upper CI p-value
Study population characteristics
 Female vs. male 4.3 1.9 9.8 0.0004
 Faculty vs. resident 2.3 1.1 4.9 0.0337
Absence of potential barriers
 Perceived adequate time vs. inadequate time 3.1 1.3 7.2 0.0090
 Perceived adequate knowledge vs. inadequate knowledge 3.9 1.7 8.9 0.0015
 ≥20% of practice devoted to women vs. <20% 2.4 1.1 5.4 0.0271
 ≥10% of practice devoted to women vs. <10% 1.0 0.4 2.2 0.8937
 Routinely/often take sexual history vs. not 11.6 3.3 40.0 0.0001
 Misconception absent vs. present 1.5 0.6 3.3 0.3802
 Self-efficacy (high vs. low) 6.5 1.5 29.0 0.0135
 Religious or ethnic culture that opposes contraception absent vs. present 1.0 0.3 3.3 0.9823
 Plans to work in outpatient setting (residents only) vs. nonoutpatient setting N/Ab     N/A
 Plans to continue working in outpatient setting for at least the next 5 years (faculty only) vs. not N/Ac     N/A
 Perceived importance (dichotomize high vs. low) N/Ad     N/A
Potential facilitators
 Prior women's health elective (faculty and residents) yes vs. no 2.5 1.1 5.8 0.0276
 Contraceptive-related CME in the past 5 years (faculty only) yes vs. no 1.6 0.5 4.6 0.4248
 Prior contraceptive counseling lectures (residents only) yes vs. no N/Ae     N/A
a

OR of providing contraceptive counseling routinely, as compared to often, sometimes, or never (≥80% vs. <80%).

b

OR estimate not reliable: ≤5 residents with nonoutpatient plans reported routine counseling (≥80% of preventive visits).

c

OR not estimable: Only two faculty were not planning to continue practice in an outpatient setting.

d

OR not estimable: 0 providers who do not perceive contraceptive counseling as important (out of 4) reported routine counseling (≥80% of preventive visits).

e

OR estimate not reliable: <5 participants with no prior contraceptive counseling lectures provided routine counseling (≥80% of preventive visits).

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.