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.