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Table 4 Factors linked to adherence to the urticaria guidelines

From: Management of chronic spontaneous urticaria: a worldwide perspective

Factors

% (n) of physicians, who follow the guidelines

% (n) of physicians, who don’t follow the guidelines

X2

p

Age, years

 < 40 (n = 283)

96.9 (274)

3.1 (9)

11.152

0.001

 ≥40 (n = 836)

90.7 (758)

9.3 (78)

Clinical experience, years

 ≤19 years (n = 630)

95.9 (604)

4.1 (26)

28.017

< 0.001

 Over 19 years (n = 487)

87.3 (425)

12.7 (62)

Departmenta

 Outpatients (n = 1006)

92.0 (926)

8.0 (80/85)

0.431

0.511

 Inpatients (n = 84)

94.0 (79)

6.0 (5)

Age of patientsa

 Adults (n = 300)

92.3 (277)

7.7 (23)

0.029

0.865

 Children (n = 193)

92.7 (179)

7.3 (14)

CSU patients per week

 < 10 (n = 870)

92.2 (802)

7.8 (68)

0.076

0.783

 ≥10 (n = 247)

92.7 (229)

7.3 (18)

  1. aOnly in physicians who chose one of the options
  2. Values marked in bold indicate a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05)