Table 5 Percentages and comparison among the participants in different specialties regarding their responses about the specialty to which dysphagia cases are referred
From: The awareness and knowledge of dysphagia among health care practitioners in Egypt
| Â | All (N%) | Internal medicine (N=26) | Other specialties with low contact with dysphagia cases (N=99) | Pediatrics (N=8) | Neurology (N=23) | Physiotherapy (N=32) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoniatrics | 35 (18.6%) | 3 (11.5%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (12.5%) | 11 (47.8%) | 16 (50%) | *<0.0001 |
ENT | 71 (37.8%) | 7 (26.9%) | 43 (43.4%) | 2 (25%) | 10 (43.5%) | 9 (28.1%) | 0.32 |
Neurology | 17 (9%) | 1 (3.8%) | 2 (2.02%) | 1 (12.5%) | 3 (13%) | 10 (31.3%) | *<0.0001 |
GIT | 76 (40.4%) | 16 (61.5%) | 49 (49.5%) | 3 (37.5%) | 6 (26.1%) | 2 (6.25%) | *<0.0001 |
Nutrition | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.1%) | 0.47 |
Pediatrics | 3 (1.6%) | 1 (3.8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (3.1%) | *0.043 |
Surgery | 8 (4.3%) | 2 (7.7%) | 5 (5.1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.23 |
Chest | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.86 |
Radiology | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | *0.043 |
Do not know | 2 (1.1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.63 |