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Table 3 Adjusted PRs of Unwillingness to Recommend IUDs to Nulliparous Women

From: Attitudes and practices related to intrauterine devices for nulliparous women among Chinese health care providers

Characteristics (Yes vs. No)

aPRa

P

Professional title ≥ medium

0.92 (0.51, 1.65)

0.770

Educational level ≥ college graduate

0.43 (0.26, 0.71)

0.001

Providing contraceptive services

0.92 (0.51, 1.65)

0.778

Receipt of training in IUDs

0.78 (0.39, 1.57)

0.487

Perceiving IUDs as very unsafe or unsafe

1.66 (1.05, 2.61)

0.030

Strongly underestimating the effectiveness of IUDs

1.21 (0.69, 2.11)

0.511

Having more misperceptions about the complications of IUDsb

1.09 (0.67, 1.78)

0.719

Having more misperceptions about the contraindications of IUDsb

3.46 (1.76, 6.81)

<0.001

  1. aAdjusted for all the variables in this table.
  2. bKnowledge scores ≥median.