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Table 4 Health professionals’ perceptions about the adoption of existing diagnostic guidelines

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

Guideline

Recommend adoption†

Identified limitations†

total n

yes n (%)

unsure n (%)

no n (%)

total n

yes n (%)

unsure n (%)

no n (%)

IOM

25

1 (4.0)

13 (52.0)

11 (44.0)

21

7 (33.3)

11 (52.4)

3 (14.3)

UW

40

13 (32.5)

20 (50.0)

7 (17.5)

31

12 (38.7)

13 (41.9)

6 (19.4)

CDC

23

2 (8.7)

13 (56.5)

8 (34.8)

22

6 (27.3)

11 (50.0)

5 (22.7)

Canadian

26

8 (30.8)

14 (53.8)

4 (15.4)

22

8 (36.4)

9 (40.9)

5 (22.7)

Hoyme

11

1 (9.1)

3 (27.3)

7 (63.6)

9

7 (77.8)

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

  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. †Participants who were not familiar with a guideline were not required to respond to these questions. Also excludes participants who did not respond to the question or who indicated that the question was outside their area of expertise.
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