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Table 2 Prescribing practice, valuation of dose adjustment and pharmacotherapy guidance by caregiver role

From: Prescribing habits and caregiver satisfaction with resources for dosing children: Rationale for more informative dosing guidance

  

% Response (within role)

Question

Response

Attending Physician

Physician Fellow

Resident Physician

Nurse Practitioner

Overall

Frequency of checking more than one source to obtaining dosing guidance

Never

6

2.2

8.1

5.8

5.3

 

<25% of the time

79.4

78.2

81.1

78.2

79.5

 

25-50% of the time

12.6

19.6

8.1

14.5

13.6

 

>50% of the time

2

0

2.7

1.5

1.7

Value of dosing adjustments in pediatrics

Not very important

2.7

0

0

1.4

1.7

 

Somewhat Important

20.5

17.4

24.3

23.2

21.1

 

Very Important

76.8

82.6

75.7

75.4

77.2

Convenience of information on dosing guidance

Not very Convenient

7.9

8.7

2.7

8.7

7.6

 

Somewhat Convenient

60.9

71.7

43.2

50.7

58.1

 

Very Convenient

31.3

19.6

54.1

40.6

34.3

Frequency of patients requiring modification outside "standard" dose recommendations

<1% of patients

14

4.3

18.9

20.6

14.6

 

1-20% of patients

66.7

73.9

73

52.9

65.4

 

20-50% of patients

12.7

19.6

8.1

16.2

14.0

 

>50% of patients

6

2.2

0

7.4

5.0

 

Other

0.7

0

0

2.9

1.0

Value of tools for individualized dosing guidance

Yes

69.5

80.4

78.4

68.2

72.0

 

No

3.3

0

5.4

1.4

2.6

 

Maybe

27.2

19.6

16.2

30.4

25.4

  1. (highest overall response per question in bold) (Response assessed as % category within caregiver role)