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Table 6 Participants’ characteristics and comfort level with transplant competencies

From: Assessing comfort level of organ donation competencies among pediatric intensivists in Saudi Arabia: a national survey

 

Variable

OR (95%CI)

VL/L/Ave

H/VH

P

Health Sector

Ministry of Health

1.115 (0.302 to 4.107)

  

0.87

Ministry of National Guards - Health Affairs

0.937 (0.24 to 3.665)

0.926

Ministry of Defense and Aviation - Armed Forces Hospitals

0.523 (0.127 to 2.148)

0.369

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

2.09 (0.294 to 14.861)

0.461

Ministry of Higher Education

1

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Region

West

1.853 (0.529 to 6.488)

0.335

South

0.921 (0.151 to 5.598)

0.928

East

1.526 (0.449 to 5.189)

0.498

Central

1

  

.

Frequency of involvement in donation after brain death *

6 or more times per year

 

4 (57.1%)

3 (42.9%)

0.804

2–5 times per year

19 (54.3%)

16 (45.7%)

Once per year

10 (66.7%)

5 (33.3%)

Once every few years

8 (57.1%)

6 (42.9%)

Never

4 (80%)

1 (20%)

Center with a DBD program *

Yes

31 (57.4%)

23 (42.6%)

0.616

No

14 (63.6%)

8 (36.4%)

Transplant center *

Yes

12 (40%)

18 (60%)

0.006

No

33 (71.7%)

13 (28.3%)

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, VL Very low, L Low, Ave Average, H High, VH Very high
  2. *Asterisks represent those tests that did not fit the proportional odds assumption; therefore, very low, low, and average results were combined and compared with high and very high using Fisher exact test