Table:
Demographics and characteristics of the core experts (n=24) and expert panel (N=109)
| Core experts | Expert panel | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 9 (38%) | 48 (44%) |
| Male | 15 (63%) | 61 (56%) |
| Profession | ||
| Physicians | 20 (83%) | 96 (88%) |
| Nurses | 3 (13%) | 8 (7%) |
| Physiotherapists | 1 (4%) | 3 (3%) |
| Respiratory therapists | ·· | 2 (2%) |
| Specialty | ||
| Paediatric critical care medicine | 14 (58%) | 75 (69%) |
| Paediatric emergency medicine | 3 (13%) | 12 (11%) |
| Paediatric surgery | 1 (2%) | 6 (6%) |
| Paediatric haematology-oncology | 1 (4%) | 3 (3) |
| Paediatric hospitalists or paediatricians | 5 (21%) | 11 (10%) |
| Prehospital or retrieval | ·· | 2 (2%) |
| Years of medical experience | ||
| 5–10 years | 2 (8%) | 14 (13%) |
| 11–15 years | 10 (42%) | 38 (35%) |
| 16–19 years | 3 (13%) | 23 (21%) |
| ≥20 years | 9 (38%) | 34 (31%) |
| Region of primary practice | ||
| East Asia and Pacific | 2 (8%) | 11 (10%) |
| Europe and central Asia | ·· | 12 (11%) |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 5 (21%) | 32 (29%) |
| Middle East and North Africa | 1 (4%) | 8 (7%) |
| North America | 9 (38%) | 14 (13%) |
| South Asia | 3 (13%) | 13 (12%) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 (17) | 19 (17%) |
| Country’s socio-demographic index * | ||
| Low | 5 (21%) | 21 (19%) |
| Low-middle | 2 (8%) | 13 (12%) |
| Middle | 2 (8%) | 27 (25%) |
| High-middle | 4 (17%) | 26 (24%) |
| High | 11 (46%) | 22 (20%) |
Data are n (%).
*
According to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (2019).13