Performance of aseptic technique during neuraxial analgesia for labor before and after the publication of international guidelines on aseptic technique

Table 4 Estimates of ORs (Odds Ratios) for the effects of demographic factors on compliance with aseptic technique for neuraxial analgesia (2006 and 2009 assessed separately)

Effect	Point estimate	95% Wald confidence limits	p-values
2006
Age	0.95	0.85, 1.05	0.31
Male vs female*	0.21	0.07, 0.69	0.01
Resident vs NRNA*	14.62	1.94, 286.85	0.01
Attending vs NRNA	5.89	0.74, 64.58	0.60
Years experience	1.07	0.97, 1.17	0.18
No. deliveries/year	0.47	0.19, 1.14	0.10
2009
Age*	0.91	0.83, 1.00	0.05
Male vs female	0.57	0.20, 1.59	0.28
Resident vs NRNA	0.81	0.07, 9.73	0.92
Attending vs NRNA	1.27	0.12, 12.98	0.69
Years experience	1.03	0.94, 1.14	0.52
No. deliveries/year	1.23	0.68, 2.21	0.49
No. epidurals/month*	0.52	0.31, 0.87	0.01

*Significant at the p < 0.05 level.
Compliance with any specific aseptic technique defined as "always" versus all other responses ("usually, rarely or never").

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