Table 1 Characteristics of survey responders
From: International survey on skin patch test procedures, attitudes and interpretation
Characters of responders | Regions of WAO member societies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AME (N = 12) (%) | AP (N = 18) (%) | EU (N = 68) (%) | LA (N = 63) (%) | NA (N = 8) (%) | |
Groups | |||||
WAO JM (N = 88) | 5 (42) | 8 (45) | 40 (59) | 32 (51) | 3 (38) |
WAO member society representative (N = 81) | 7 (58) | 10 (55) | 28 (41) | 31 (68) | 5 (62) |
Specialty | |||||
Allergist (N = 128) | 7 (58) | 10 (56) | 56 (82) | 47 (75) | 8 (100) |
Clinical Immunologist (N = 14) | 3 (25) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 9 (13) | 0 (0) |
Pediatrician (N = 7) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 4 (6) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
Dermatologist (N = 6) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 3 (5) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
Other clinical specialty (N = 5) | 2 (17) | 2 (11) | 2 (3) | 5 (8) | 0 (0) |
Researcher (N = 3) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Years of practice | |||||
<1 year (N = 12) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (6) | 5 (8) | 3 (37) |
1 to 5 years (N = 54) | 5 (42) | 5 (28) | 21 (31) | 22 (35) | 1 (13) |
5 to 10 years (N = 40) | 2 (16) | 3 (17) | 28 (41) | 5 (8) | 2 (25) |
>10 years (N = 63) | 5 (42) | 10 (55) | 15 (22) | 31 (49) | 2 (25) |
Routinely carry out PT | |||||
Yes (N = 119) | 6 (50) | 10 (56) | 49 (72) | 48 (76) | 6 (75) |
No (N = 50) | 6 (50) | 8 (37) | 19 (28) | 15 (24) | 2 (25) |
Use any guideline | |||||
Yes (N = 99/119) | 6 (100) | 10 (100) | 40 (82) | 38 (79) | 5 (84) |
No (N = 20/119) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (18) | 10 (21) | 16 (16) |
Number of PT/week | |||||
<1/week (N = 56) | 2 (17) | 6 (33) | 20 (29) | 23 (36) | 5 (63) |
1–10/week (N = 79) | 5 (42) | 6 (33) | 37 (55) | 29 (46) | 2 (25) |
11–25/week (N = 5) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) |
26–50/week (N = 3) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
>50/week (N = 4) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) |
No reply (N = 22) | 3 (25) | 5 (28) | 8 (12) | 5 (8) | 1 (12) |