Table 2.
Determinants of teleconsultation implementation
| Teleconsultation | No teleconsultation | Weighted crude OR | Weighted adjusted OR* | |
| n = 1319 | n = 172 | |||
| N (row %) | N (row %) | |||
| Individual factors | ||||
| Age | ||||
| ≤41 years | 692 (92.6†) | 59 (7.4†) | 1 | 1 |
| >41 years | 627 (83.6†) | 113 (16.4†) | 0.40 (0.28 to 0.58) | 0.40 (0.27 to 0.57) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 19 (66.2†) | 9 (33.8†) | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 1300 (89.1†) | 163 (10.9†) | 4.19 (1.78 to 9.91) | 6.88 (2.71 to 17.48) |
| Family situation | ||||
| Single, divorced, widowed | 214 (83.4†) | 44 (16.6†) | 1 | 1 |
| Married, living with partner | 1105 (89.9†) | 128 (10.1†) | 1.78 (1.18 to 2.66) | 1.67 (1.10 to 2.52) |
| Organisational factors | ||||
| Practice setting | ||||
| Solo | 483 (83.6†) | 92 (16.4†) | 1 | 1 |
| With other midwives only | 355 (92.5†) | 31 (7.5†) | 2.41 (1.52 to 3.82) | 2.34 (1.47 to 3.72) |
| With ≥2 types of medical professionals | 481 (91.1†) | 49 (8.9†) | 2.01 (1.34 to 3.02) | 1.75 (1.16 to 2.64) |
Values in bold correspond to p value <0.05 and are considered statistically significant.
*Multivariate logistic regression (adjusted for age, gender, family situation and practice setting).
†Weighted percentage.