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Table 3 Parents’ NSI education by primary care pediatricians, and judgement of parents’ compliance

From: Nasal saline irrigation in preschool children: a survey of attitudes and prescribing habits of primary care pediatricians working in northern Italy

Parameter

Possible answer

No. of primary care pediatricians

Percentage

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