Table 1.
Characteristics of participating Canadian healthcare providers
| Survey participants, n=508 |
Interview participants, n=23 |
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| n | % | n | % | |
| Healthcare provider discipline | ||||
| General practitioner | 159 | 31 | 7 | 30 |
| Obstetrician | 139 | 27 | 5 | 22 |
| Midwife | 97 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| Registered nurse—primary care | 75 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
| Nurse practitioner | 38 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Province | ||||
| British Columbia | 55 | 11 | 9 | 39 |
| Alberta | 149 | 30 | 14 | 61 |
| Saskatchewan and Manitoba | 56 | 11 | NA | |
| Ontario | 168 | 33 | ||
| Quebec | 17 | 3 | ||
| Maritimes* | 47 | 9 | ||
| Territories† | 11 | 2 | ||
| Location of practice | ||||
| Urban | 296 | 58 | NC | |
| Rural | 125 | 25 | ||
| Urban and rural | 86 | 17 | ||
| Proportion of all patients who are pregnant women (%) | ||||
| <10 | 103 | 20 | NC | |
| 10–30 | 94 | 19 | ||
| 30–60 | 119 | 23 | ||
| 60–90 | 46 | 9 | ||
| >90 | 146 | 29 | ||
| Stage of pregnancy at first visit | ||||
| Before pregnancy | 30 | 6 | NC | |
| First trimester | 328 | 65 | ||
| Second trimester | 74 | 15 | ||
| Third trimester | 34 | 7 | ||
| Don’t know/too variable to say | 41 | 8 | ||
*Maritimes=Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.
†Territories=Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory (no respondents from Nunavut).
NA, not applicable; NC, not captured.