Table 3 Individual characteristics and familiarity with and use of one or more existing diagnostic guidelines
Characteristic | Familiar with one or more guidelines (n = 92) | Used one or more guidelines† (n = 57) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
yes n (%) | no n (%) | p | yes n (%) | no n (%) | p | |
Occupation | 0.004 | 0.26 | ||||
paediatrician | 30 (78.9) | 8 (21.1) | 23 (76.7) | 7 (23.3) | ||
other | 27 (50.0) | 27 (50.0) | 17 (63.0) | 10 (37.0) | ||
Country of residence | 0.02 | 0.09 | ||||
Australia | 49 (58.3) | 35 (41.7) | 32 (65.3) | 17 (34.7) | ||
other | 8 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Experience in diagnosis‡ | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||
yes | 33 (82.5) | 7 (17.5) | 28 (84.8) | 5 (15.2) | ||
no | 23 (46.0) | 27 (54.0) | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | ||
Completed training‡ | <0.001 | 0.10 | ||||
yes | 22 (91.7) | 2 (8.3) | 18 (81.8) | 4 (18.2) | ||
no | 34 (51.5) | 32 (48.5) | 21 (61.8) | 13 (38.2) | ||