Table 1.
Demographic data of responding healthcare providers.
| Data | Finding | Total n = 378 |
Primary Care Paediatricians n = 144 |
Hospital Paediatricians n = 98 |
Pediatric Residents n = 62 |
Pediatric Nurses n = 74 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Median age (min–max) | 47 (24–80) | 55 (30–80) | 49 (31–76) | 29 (25–37) | 43 (24–64) | <0.001 | |
| Gender | Male | 77 (20.37) | 34 (23.61) | 22 (22.45) | 12 (19.35) | 9 (12.16) | 0.219 |
| Female | 297 (78.57) | 110 (76.39) | 75 (76.53) | 47 (75.81) | 65 (87.84) | ||
| NA | 4 (1.06) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.02) | 3 (4.84) | 0 (0) | ||
| Where do you work? | Principal city | 241 (63.76) | 68 (47.22) | 59 (60.2) | 56 (90.32) | 58 (78.38) | <0.001 |
| Industrial municipality | 94 (24.87) | 44 (30.56) | 33 (33.67) | 6 (9.68) | 11 (14.86) | ||
| Rural municipality | 39 (10.32) | 32 (22.22) | 5 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) | ||
| NA | 4 (1.06) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.02) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.05) | ||
| Are you specialised in pediatrics? | No | 136 (35.98) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 62 (100.0) | 74 (100.0) | Not applicable |
| Yes | 242 (64.02) | 144 (100.0) | 98 (100.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Medical specialty other than paediatrics | None | 255 (67.46) | 101 (70.14) | 61 (62.24) | 53 (85.48) | 40 (54.05) | 0.046 |
| Allergology | 8 (2.12) | 2 (1.39) | 4 (4.08) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.7) | ||
| Infectious diseases | 9 (2.38) | 1 (0.69) | 7 (7.14) | 1 (1.61) | 0 (0) | ||
| Neonatology | 22 (5.82) | 13 (9.03) | 9 (9.18) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Infant care | 7 (1.85) | 7 (4.86) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Nutrition | 4 (1.06) | 4 (2.78) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Hygiene | 4 (1.06) | 1 (0.69) | 3 (3.06) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Others | 27 (7.14) | 15 (10.42) | 10 (10.2) | 2 (3.23) | 0 (0) | ||
| NA | 51 (13.49) | 8 (5.56) | 5 (5.1) | 6 (9.68) | 32 (43.24) |
In the case of the categorical variables, the table shows absolute frequencies with percentage frequencies in brackets. NA: not available.