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Table 4 Predictors for reasonable suspicion and reporting to CPS based on psychiatric case vignette (psychiatrists and psychotherapists N = 843)

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

Predictor

Reasonable suspicion

Reporting to CPS

Odds ratioa

z-Value

95% Confidence interval

Odds ratioa

z-Value

95% Confidence interval

Female gender

1.73

2.25*

1.072

2.776

0.82

− 0.85

0.510

1.305

Age above > 40 years

1.09

0.40

0.705

1.696

0.77

− 1.28

0.516

1.150

Urban place of work

0.86

− 0.62

0.540

1.379

1.29

1.27

0.871

1.899

Studied medicine

1.54

1.54

0.889

2.683

2.42

3.04**

1.370

4.285

1+ Child protection cases

0.95

− 0.24

0.601

1.487

1.62

2.43*

1.098

2.387

Good knowledge of German Federal Child Protection Act

1.59

1.38

0.821

3.094

0.92

− 0.30

0.539

1.577

Training in child protection

2.54

2.66**

1.278

5.054

1.69

1.93

0.991

2.877

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. 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