Table 3.
Characteristics of Delphi survey respondents for rounds 1 and 2
| Round 1 N=158 | Round 2 N=123 | |||
| Parents N=81 n (%) |
HPs N=76 n (%) |
Parents N=61 n (%) |
HPs N=61 n (%) |
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| Age* | ||||
| Under 20 years | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 21–30 years | 2 (3) | 8 (11) | 2 (3) | 3 (5) |
| 31–40 years | 32 (40) | 19 (25) | 23 (38) | 17 (28) |
| 41–50 years | 40 (49) | 25 (33) | 32 (53) | 20 (33) |
| 51–60 years | 7 (9) | 22 (29) | 4 (7) | 20 (33) |
| 61 years and over | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
| Gender* | ||||
| Female | 76 (94) | 71 (93) | 58 (95) | 58 (95) |
| Male | 5 (6) | 4 (5) | 3 (5) | 3 (5) |
| Prefer not to say | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Location | ||||
| England | ||||
| North East | 14 (17) | 5 (7) | 11 (18) | 7 (12) |
| North West | 8 (10) | 3 (4) | 6 (10) | 3 (5) |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 5 (6) | 10 (13) | 2 (3) | 9 (15) |
| Midlands | 11 (14) | 16 (21) | 9 (14) | 10 (16) |
| South East including London | 27 (33) | 26 (34) | 20 (33) | 21 (34) |
| South West | 8 (10) | 8 (11) | 7 (12) | 4 (7) |
| Scotland | 3 (4) | 4 (5) | 2 (3) | 5 (8) |
| Northern Ireland | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) |
| Wales | 1 (1) | 4 (5) | 1 (2) | 2 (3) |
| Missing | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Ethnicity* | ||||
| White | 78 (96) | 70 (92) | 59 (97) | 55 (90) |
| Asian/Asian British | 2 (3) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 4 (7) |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Mixed/Multiple ethnic group | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
| Other ethnic group | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
| Prefer not to say | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Nature of child’s EDSD | ||||
| Physical EDSD | 14 (17) | 14 (18) | 9 (15) | 13 (21) |
| Nonphysical EDSD | 40 (49) | 5 (7) | 32 (53) | 3 (5) |
| Mixed EDSD | 27 (33) | 57 (75) | 20 (33) | 45 (74) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
*No missing data.
EDSD, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties; HPs, health professionals.