Table 3.
Correlation between competency in food challenge protocols and feeding problems and participant characteristics
| UK | Australia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 336) | (n = 150) | |||
| Food challenge protocols | Feeding problems | Food challenge protocols | Feeding problems | |
| Years of practice | r = 0.12 | r = 0.246 | r = 0.204 | r = 0.26 |
| p < 0.05 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | |
| Setting of practice | r = 0.08 | r = 0.02 | r = 0.019 | r = 0.04 |
| p = 0.71 | p = 0.32 | p = 0.40 | p = 0.29 | |
| Caseload of allergy patients | r = 0.32 | r = 0.50 | r = 0.487 | r = 0.517 |
| p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | |
| Specialist allergy conference | r = 0.423 | r = 0.478 | r = 0.256 | r = 0.339 |
| p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | |
| FA education/ workshop | r = 0.264 | r = 0.413 | r = 0.416 | r = 0.382 |
| p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.01 | |
Strong positive correlations (r > 0.4) are in bold.