Table 4 Otolaryngologists’ attitudes towards nasopharyngeal fiberendoscopy (NFE) in children by demographic variables (only statistically significant relationships)

Used to performing NFE

Gender

% of males

% of females

0.004

77.7

66.2

Age

% aged ≥50 years

% aged <50 years

0.002

70.6

80.3

Geographical working area

% in northern Italy

% working in southern Italy

0.050

78.0

71.8

Used to performing alternative diagnostic tests

Gender

% of males

% of females

0.013

33.5

44.8

Age

% aged ≥50 years

% aged <50 years

<0.001

45.1

28.6

Years since specialisation

% specialised for ≥20 years

% specialised for <20 years

0.043

41.2

33.7

Used to performing NFE regardless of patient’s age

Geographical working area

% working in northern Italy

% working in Southern Italy

0.043

56.2

48.2

Work setting

% in hospital

% in university or private practice

0.002

58.5

44.5

Unable to perform NFE in >5 % of patients

Gender

% of males

% of females

0.003

44.6

30.9

Age

% aged ≥50 years

% aged <50 years

0.001

47.7

35.2