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Table 2 Comparison of familiarity with and use of existing diagnostic guidelines between paediatricians and other occupations

From: Health professionals’ perceptions about the adoption of existing guidelines for the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia

Guideline

Familiar with guideline

p

Used guideline

 

n (valid % of Occupation n)

n (valid % of Familiar n)

 

All

Paediatrician (n = 37)*

Other (n = 54)*

All

Paediatrician

Other

p

IOM (n = 88)

27 (30.7)

12 (33.3)

15 (28.8)

0.65

8 (29.6)

3 (25.0)

5 (33.3)

0.70

UW (n = 89)

45 (50.6)

21 (58.3)

24 (45.3)

0.23

25 (55.6)

15 (71.4)

10 (41.7)

0.04

CDC (n = 90)

28 (31.1)

16 (43.2)

12 (22.6)

0.04

12 (42.9)

8 (50.0)

4 (33.3)

0.38

Canadian (n = 91)

32 (35.2)

15 (40.5)

17 (31.5)

0.38

17 (53.1)

8 (53.3)

9 (52.9)

0.98

Hoyme (n = 88)

12 (13.6)

6 (16.7)

6 (11.5)

0.54

6 (50.0)

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

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  1. IOM-Institute of Medicine guidelines; UW-University of Washington 4-Digit Diagnostic Code; CDC-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines; Canadian-Canadian guidelines; Hoyme-Hoyme et al. clarification of Institute of Medicine guidelines.
  2. Only participants who were familiar with a guideline were required to respond to this question.
  3. 2-tailed p-value for chi-square (or Fisher’s exact) test comparing the proportion of paediatricians versus other occupations. Results not reported for all comparisons due to small numbers.
  4. *Denominators vary due to missing data, as summarised in column 1.