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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Apr 2;209:52–60.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.02.023

Table 1:

Maternal and Clinician self-reported demographics

RoutineCounseling
N=99
DA
N=102
p-value
Maternal Demographics
Age, years ± SD 29.3 ± 5.9 29.5 ± 6.0 0.688
Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
 Black
 White
 Hispanic or Latino
 Asian
 Other

49 (49.5)
38 (38.4)
7 (7.1)
0 (0)
5 (5.1)

49 (48.0)
44 (43.1)
3 (2.9)
2 (2.0)
4 (3.9)
0.416




History of premature delivery: Yes, n (%) 30 (30.3) 21 (20.6) 0.114
GA at time of counseling, weeks
 22
 23
 24
 25

8 (8.1)
29 (29.3)
34 (34.3)
27 (27.3)

8 (7.8)
31 (30.4)
42 (41.2)
21 (20.6)
0.664



Marital status, n (%)
 Single
 Living with partner
 Married
 Divorced

34 (34.3)
18 (18.2)
46 (46.5)
1 (1.0)

35 (34.3)
15 (14.7)
48 (47.1)
4 (3.9)
0.555



Education, n (%)
 < High school
 High school
 2yrs college/technical school
 4yrs college
 >4yrs college/graduate school

8 (8.1)
34 (34.3)
24 (24.2)
22 (22.2)
11 (11.1)

7 (6.9)
32 (31.4)
26 (25.5)
24 (23.5)
12 (11.8)
0.989




Adequate health literacy, n (%) 65 (65.7) 77 (75.5) 0.126
Clinician Demographics N=42 N=50
Age, years ± SD 41.4 ± 11.6 37.5 ± 10.4 0.061
Female, n (%) 30 (71.4) 33 (66.0) 0.532
Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
 Caucasian
 African American
 Hispanic or Latino
 Asian
 Other

29 (69.0)
1 (2.4)
1 (2.4)
4 (9.5)
2 (4.8)

32 (64)
1 (2)
2 (4)
7 (14)
1 (2)
0.88




Marital status, n (%)
 Single
 Married
 Divorced

4 (9.5)
33 (78.6)

11 (22)
31 (62)
1 (2)
0.142


Position, n (%)
 NICU Attending
 NICU Fellow
 Neonatal nurse practitioner/Physician assistant

15 (35.7)
17 (40.5)
5 (11.9)

14 (28)
25 (50)
4 (8)
0.542


Years of experience*, n (%) 16.7 ± 10.9 12.7 ± 9.1 0.278

Missing data for n=5 in Routine and n=7 in DA groups

*

Years of experience for attending neonatologists and NNP/Pas

GA: gestational age