Understanding of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome among Pediatric Healthcare Providers

Table 2

Univariable analysis of factors affecting ACS awareness, IAP measurement, and knowledge of ACS definition.

	ACS Awareness	IAP Measurement	ACS Definition
Determinants	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Institution Type
Tertiary versus others	1.196(0.463,3.088)	2.344(0.844,6.510)	1.709(0.488,5.983)
Community versus others	0.821(0.287,2.353)	0.926(0.295,2.911)	0.737(0.168,3.238)
ICU
Yes versus No	3.370(1.911,5.944)^∗	2.365(1.110,5.040)^∗	1.223(0.477,3.135)
Profession
Nurses versus PCCM	0.057(0.021,0.160)^∗	0.548(0.330,0.910)^∗	0.480(0.293,0.788)^∗
Others versus PCCM	0.082(0.025,0.265)^∗	0.335(0.158,0.708)^∗	1.369(0.618,3.037)
Length of Practice
6–10 yrs versus <5 yrs	1.618(0.906,2.887)	1.481(0.784,2.800)	1.530(0.799,2.931)
>10 yrs versus <5 yrs	1.458(0.906,2.345)	0.672(0.394,1.146)	0.891(0.513,1.547)
Place of Practice
Europe vesus USA	1.912(1.132,3.230)^∗	1.526(0.882,2.642)	1.224(0.726,2.065)
Others vesus USA	2.316(1.195,4.490)^∗	1.196(0.669,2.141)	2.031(1.099,3.756)^∗

∗Significant at an alpha of 0.05.
ACS: Abdominal compartment syndrome, IAP: Intraabdominal pressure, OR: Odds ration, CI: Confidence interval, ICU: Intensive care unit, PCCM: Pediatric Intensivist.