An assessment for diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for management of pediatric Iron defficiency Anemia in Saudi Arabia: a crossectional study

Table 5 Differences in overall scores by demographic and professional characteristics

Characteristics		Overall Score
Characteristics		Median	(Q1,Q3)	p
Gender	Female	68	(63–74)	0.217*
Gender	Male	68	(63–79)
Professional qualification	GP	63	(63–74)	0.007†
	Family medicine	68	(61–76)
	Pediatrician	68	(63–79)
	Pediatric Hematologist	84	(71–89)
Professional rank	Assistant consultant	74	(63–79)	0.413†
	Associated consultant	68	(63–74)
	consultant	68	(63–76)
	Staff physician	63	(63–74)
	Resident	68	(58–74)
Type of current work setting	primary care	63	(63–74)	0.043*
Type of current work setting	Tertiary care	68	(63–79)
Years in practice since fellowship	0–5 years	68	(58–74)	0.848†
	6–10 years	68	(63–79)
	11–15 years	68	(61–76)
	> 15 years	68	(63–79)
No. of co-worker pediatricians	1–2 physicians	63	(58–74)	0.188†
	3–5 physicians	68	(63–68)
	6–10 physicians	74	(68–79)
	> 10 physicians	68	(63–79)
Availability of Fellowship program at work place	No	68	(63–74)	0.813*
Availability of Fellowship program at work place	Yes	68	(63–79)

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