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Table 9 The assessment

From: Risk assessment and decision making about in-labour transfer from rural maternity care: a social judgment and signal detection analysis

Item

Stand alone CMU

MLU alongside CLU

Obstetrician

 

Distant

Near

  
 

High T/R

Low T/R

High T/R

Low T/R

High T/R

Low T/R

n = 12

 

n = 19

n = 21

n = 21

n = 21

n = 21

n = 19

Mean suitability for Midwife led care (SD)

39.1 (11.1)

39.0 (8.5)

41.6 (8.2)

44.8 (12.3)

41.1 (8.2)

43.0 (10.9)

44.6 (16.3)

Consistency (SD)

0.55 (0.22)

0.59 (0.22)

0.66 (0.14)

0.59 (0.22)

0.59 (0.20)

0.59 (0.23)

0.55 (0.28)

Fit (SD)

0.80 (0.06)

0.80 (0.05)

0.82 (0.05)

0.80 (0.06)

0.81 (0.05)

0.82 (0.04)

0.80 (0.06)

Variance for non-clinical factors % (range)

3 (0.8- 12)

4 (0.9- 14)

3 (0.9- 9)

4 (1–9)

3 (1–12)

3 (1–9)

4 (0.4 - 8)