Parameter | Possible answer | No. of primary care pediatricians | Percentage |
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Method used to educate parents | |||
Verbal instructions | 465/854 | 54.5 | |
Written instructions | 89/854 | 10.4 | |
Practical demonstration | 284/854 | 33.2 | |
No instructions | 16/854 | 1.9 | |
Reasons given to convince parents to use NSI | |||
Improved nasal respiration | 70/854 | 8.2 | |
Reduced bacterial super-infection | 90/854 | 10.5 | |
Improved treatment of respiratory infection | 29/854 | 3.4 | |
All of these reasons | 645/854 | 75.6 | |
Other | 17/854 | 2.0 | |
No reason | 3/854 | 0.3 | |
Direction in which to move the administration device | |||
Toward the ipsilateral ear | 250/854 | 29.4 | |
Toward the contralateral ear | 202/854 | 23.6 | |
Other | 120/854 | 14.0 | |
No suggestion | 282/854 | 33.0 | |
Recommended position for NSI | |||
Infants: lying on one side; Older children: bending forward over a sink with the head tilted down and a little to one side | 639/854 | 74.8 | |
On the side at any age | 146/854 | 17.1 | |
Other | 35/854 | 4.1 | |
No suggestion | 34/854 | 4.0 | |
Reasons parents are not compliant with recommendation to use NSI | |||
Not useful | 194/854 | 12.2 | |
Dangerous | 279/854 | 32.7 | |
Difficult to administer | 471/854 | 55.1 |