Table 4.
Associations between midwives’ knowledge and experience with pudendal nerve block (N=527)
| Theoretical knowledge of PNB | Practical skills of PNB | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extensive n (%) 247 (46.9) | Regular n (%) 90 (17.0) | Limited n (%) 190 (36.1) | p | Extensive n (%) 184 (34.9) | Regular n (%) 54 (10.2) | Limited n (%) 289 (54.9) | p | |
| Age (years) | 0.863 | 0.418 | ||||||
| ≤30 | 24 (43.6) | 9 (16.4) | 22 (40.0) | 17 (30.9) | 3 (5.5) | 35 (63.6) | ||
| 31–40 | 73 (44.2) | 32 (19.4) | 60 (36.4) | 59 (35.8) | 17 (10.3) | 89 (53.9) | ||
| 41–50 | 73 (47.4) | 23 (14.9) | 58 (37.7) | 47 (30.5) | 20 (13.0) | 87 (56.5) | ||
| ≥51 | 77 (50.3) | 26 (17.0) | 50 (32.7) | 61 (39.9) | 14 (9.1) | 78 (51.0) | ||
| Experience as a midwife (years) | 0.264 | 0.135 | ||||||
| ≤5 | 65 (43.6) | 26 (17.4) | 58 (39.0) | 51 (34.2) | 9 (6.0) | 89 (59.8) | ||
| 6–10 | 48 (41.7) | 20 (17.4) | 47 (40.9) | 32 (27.8) | 17 (14.8) | 66 (54.4) | ||
| 11–20 | 70 (50.0) | 29 (20.7) | 41 (29.3) | 53 (37.9) | 17 (12.1) | 70 (50.0) | ||
| ≥21 | 64 (52.0) | 15 (12.2) | 44 (35.8) | 48 (39.0) | 11 (8.9) | 64 (52.1) | ||
| Employment type | 0.295 | 0.250 | ||||||
| Full-time | 127 (49.4) | 46 (17.9) | 84 (32.7) | 93 (36.2) | 31 (12.0) | 133 (51.8) | ||
| Part time | 120 (44.4) | 44 (16.3) | 106 (39.3) | 91 (33.7) | 23 (8.5) | 156 (57.8) | ||
| Country of midwifery education | 0.070 | 0.613 | ||||||
| Norway | 224 (46.1) | 88 (18.1) | 174 (35.8) | 171 (35.2) | 48 (9.9) | 267 (54.9) | ||
| Other | 23 (56.1) | 2 (4.9) | 16 (39.0) | 13 (31.7) | 6 (14.6) | 22 (53.7) | ||
| Education level | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.003 | |||||
| Master’s degree | 77 (58.8) | 20 (15.2) | 34 (26.0) | 62 (47.3) | 12 (9.3) | 57 (43.5) | ||
| No Master’s degree | 170 (42.9) | 70 (17.7) | 156 (39.4) | 122 (30.8) | 42 (10.6) | 232 (58.6) | ||
| Regional health authority | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| South-Eastern Norway | 154 (53.7) | 46 (16.0) | 87 (30.3) | 126 (43.9) | 26 (9.1) | 135 (47.0) | ||
| Western Norway | 42 (44.7) | 16 (17.0) | 36 (38.3) | 28 (29.8) | 11 (11.7) | 55 (58.5) | ||
| Mid-Norway | 33 (46.5) | 18 (25.4) | 20 (28.1) | 19 (26.8) | 12 (16.9) | 40 (56.3) | ||
| Northern Norway | 18 (24.0) | 10 (13.3) | 47 (62.7) | 11 (14.7) | 5 (6.7) | 59 (78.6) | ||
| Maternity unit | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Specialized obstetric unit | 154 (55.4) | 48 (17.3) | 76 (27.3) | 121 (43.5) | 32 (11.5) | 125 (45.0) | ||
| Obstetric unit | 82 (38.5) | 38 (17.8) | 93 (43.7) | 54 (25.4) | 19 (8.9) | 140 (65.7) | ||
| Maternity home | 3 (16.7) | 1 (5.6) | 14 (77.7) | 3 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (83.3) | ||
| Midwifery-led unit | 8 (50.0) | 2 (12.5) | 6 (37.5) | 6 (37.5) | 3 (18.8) | 7 (43.7) | ||
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
| Births per year | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 1–499 | 27 (26.2) | 14 (13.6) | 62 (60.2) | 12 (11.7) | 6 (5.8) | 85 (82.5) | ||
| 500–1499 | 52 (38.8) | 30 (22.4) | 52 (38.8) | 34 (25.4) | 18 (13.4) | 82 (61.2) | ||
| 1500–2999 | 83 (56.1) | 26 (17.6) | 39 (26.3) | 73 (49.3) | 16 (10.8) | 59 (39.9) | ||
| ≥3000 | 85 (59.9) | 20 (14.1) | 37 (26.0) | 65 (45.7) | 14 (9.9) | 63 (44.4) | ||
| Received training | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 235 (58.3) | 73 (18.1) | 95 (23.9) | 183 (45.5) | 52 (12.9) | 168 (41.6) | ||
| No | 12 (9.7) | 17 (13.7) | 95 (76.6) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.6) | 121 (97.6) | ||
| Clinical guideline at workplace | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 208 (63.6) | 57 (17.4) | 62 (19.0) | 152 (46.5) | 43 (13.1) | 132 (40.4) | ||
| No | 39 (19.5) | 33 (16.5) | 128 (64.0) | 32 (16.0) | 11 (5.5) | 157 (78.5) | ||
| Theoretical knowledge of PNB | <0.001 | |||||||
| Extensive | 167 (67.6) | 28 (11.6) | 52 (21.2) | |||||
| Regular | 23 (25.5) | 53 (58.9) | ||||||
| Limited | 3 (1.6) | 3 (1.6) | 184 (96.8) | |||||
| Practical skills of PNB | <0.001 | |||||||
| Extensive | 167 (90.8) | 14 (7.6) | 3 (1.6) | |||||
| Regular | 28 (51.8) | 23 (42.6) | 3 (5.6) | |||||
| Limited | 52 (18.0) | 53 (18.3) | 184 (63.7) | |||||