Table 3 Association of physician characteristics with recommendation for 1% risk group
From: Variability of physicians’ thresholds for neuroimaging in children with recurrent headache
Physician characteristic | Response | Total # | # (%) | # (%) | Fisher’s exact test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rec NI for 1% | Rec no NI for 1% | ||||
Specialty | Community pediatrician | 56 | 22 (39%) | 34 (61%) | |
Subspecialist | 58 | 39 (67%) | 19 (33%) | p = 0.005* | |
Gender | Male | 62 | 33 (53%) | 29 (47%) | |
Female | 50 | 26 (52%) | 24 (48%) | p = 1.000 | |
Years in practice | 15 or less | 57 | 36 (63%) | 21 (37%) | |
More than 15 | 54 | 22 (41%) | 32 (59%) | p = 0.023* | |
Practice type | Academic | 82 | 47 (57%) | 35 (43%) | |
Community | 32 | 14 (44%) | 18 (56%) | p = 0.215 | |
Practice location | Urban/suburban | 99 | 55 (56%) | 44 (44%) | |
Rural | 15 | 6 (40%) | 9 (60%) | p = 0.281 | |
Advanced epidemiology training | Yes | 17 | 11 (65%) | 6 (35%) | |
No | 96 | 49 (51%) | 47 (49%) | p = 0.430 | |
Participation in guideline production | Yes | 69 | 37 (54%) | 32 (46%) | |
No | 45 | 24 (53%) | 21 (47%) | p = 1.000 | |
Self-assessment of imaging frequency | Less often than peers | 43 | 15 (35%) | 28 (65%) | |
More often or same | 67 | 42 (63%) | 25 (37%) | p = 0.006* |