Reasonable suspicion in reporting child maltreatment: a survey among German healthcare professionals

Table 3 Predictors for reasonable suspicion and reporting to CPS based on somatic case vignette (pediatricians and pediatric surgeons N = 1571)

	Reasonable suspicion				Reporting to CPS
	Odds ratio^a	z-Value	95% Confidence interval		Odds ratio^a	z-Value	95% Confidence interval
Female gender	1.17	0.59	0.696	1.960	1.08	0.58	0.839	1.380
Age above > 40 years	0.78	−0.92	0.464	1.320	0.93	−0.63	0.727	1.178
Urban place of work	1.11	0.36	0.618	2.008	1.07	0.50	0.808	1.431
1+ Child protection cases	1.55	1.62	0.911	2.643	1.23	1.51	0.940	1.618
Good knowledge of German Federal Child Protection Act	1.01	0.03	0.472	2.159	1.55	2.48*	1.097	2.188
Training in child protection	3.02	2.92**	1.437	6.350	1.14	0.94	0.868	1.493

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^aAn OR > 1 corresponds to a higher probability of assessing the situation as reasonable suspicion or informing CPS; comparison categories from top to bottom: male gender, age group < 41 years, rural place of work, 0 child protection cases, no or uncertain knowledge of the German Federal Child Protection Act , no child protection training

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