Table 1

Participant characteristics by occupational group

Characteristic	n	Paediatrician (%)	Other* (%)	p Value†
Country of residence				0.12‡
Australia	67	49.3	50.7
Other	7	14.3	85.7
Sex				<0.001
Female	54	33.3	66.7
Male	20	80.8	20.0
Experience in diagnosis				<0.001
No	37	21.6	78.4
Yes	35	71.4	28.6
Contributed§ to diagnosis				0.003
No	15	13.3	86.7
Yes	57	54.4	45.6
Training in diagnosis				0.82
No	49	44.9	55.1
Yes	23	47.8	52.2
Practice in rural or remote area				0.43
No	40	50.0	50.0
Yes	32	40.6	59.4

*Other occupations include: allied health professional (psychologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, social worker and speech pathologist), midwife/nurse, other medical practitioner, health researcher and aboriginal health/community worker.
†χ test for independence by occupation (paediatrician vs other health professionals).
‡Fisher's exact test.
§Conducts relevant assessments but does not make the final diagnosis.