Table 2.
Prenatal care provider psychosocial characteristics*
| n=2,095 | Ob/Gyn n=853 |
Midwife n=972 |
Family Medicine n=270 |
p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of patients in clinical practice with at least one psychosocial risk factora | ||||
| < 25 | 580 (69.0) | 455 (47.3) | 129 (48.0) | < 0.01 |
| 26–50 | 138 (16.4) | 202 (21.0) | 54 (20.1) | |
| 51–75 | 86 (10.2) | 165 (17.2) | 54 (20.1) | |
| > 75 | 37 (4.4) | 140 (14.6) | 32 (11.9) | |
| Provider refers patients with psychosocial risk factors to a clinician/facility outside of clinical practice | 505 (59.9) | 467 (48.4) | 87 (32.2) | < 0.01 |
*
n (% of specialty) unless otherwise specified
a
Psychosocial risk factors listed included: age ≤ 19, unstable housing, lack of paternal involvement/social support, late prenatal care (> 13 weeks at first visit), intimate partner violence, drug or alcohol use during pregnancy
b
chi-square analyses used to determine p-values