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Table 6 Response distribution of study participants for attitude items

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents regarding the red flags of developmental milestones in children aged 0–5 years in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Attitude items

Frequency (%)

Have you ever looked up/sought information for children's’ developmental milestones yourself

 Yes

251(64.4)

 No

139(35.6)

Pediatricians (children's doctors) provides satisfactory and sufficient information regarding children's’ developmental milestones and their red flags

 Strongly agree

111(28.5)

 Agree

175(44.9)

 Neutral

77(19.7)

 Disagree

13(3.3)

 Strongly disagree

14(3.6)

In case of positive family history, will you get the DD assessment done?

 Strongly agree

84(21.5)

 Agree

134(34.4)

 Neutral

148(37.9)

 Disagree

16(4.1)

 Strongly disagree

8(2.1)

You consider delays in motor development to be a strong indication of physical disability

 Strongly agree

64(16.4)

 Agree

102(26.2)

 Neutral

142(36.4)

 Disagree

62(15.9)

 Strongly disagree

20(5.1)

You consider that social and verbal development delays can lead to the child becoming deaf and/or mute

 Strongly agree

44(11.3)

 Agree

77(19.7)

 Neutral

144(36.9)

 Disagree

74(19)

 Strongly disagree

51(13.1)

  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odd ratio, Ref Reference category, # Variables are expressed as median with inter-quartile range