TABLE 20

Characteristics of Delphi survey respondents for rounds 1 and 2, and non-respondents

CharacteristicRound 1 (N = 157), n (%)Round 2 (N = 122), n (%)Non-respondents (N = 195), n (%)
Parents (N = 81)HPs (N = 76)Parents (N = 61)HPs (N = 61)Parents (N = 269)HPs (N = 335)
Age (years) (no missing data)
≤ 200 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)5 (2)a
21–302 (3)8 (11)2 (3)3 (5)23 (9)a
31–4032 (40)19 (25)23 (38)17 (28)130 (48)a
41–5040 (49)25 (33)32 (53)20 (33)95 (35)a
51–607 (9)22 (29)4 (7)20 (33)14 (5)a
≥ 610 (0)2 (3)0 (0)1 (2)2 (1)a
Gender (no missing data)
Female76 (94)71 (93)58 (95)58 (95)254 (94)a
Male5 (6)4 (5)3 (5)3 (5)15 (6)a
Prefer not to say0 (0)1 (1)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)a
Location
England
 North-east14 (17)5 (7)11 (18)7 (12)48 (18)29 (9)
 North-west8 (10)3 (4)6 (10)3 (5)20 (7)22 (7)
 Yorkshire and Humber5 (6)10 (13)2 (3)9 (15)28 (10)49 (15)
 Midlands11 (14)16 (21)9 (14)10 (16)66 (25)47 (14)
 South-east, including London27 (33)26 (34)20 (33)21 (34)56 (21)136 (41)
 South-west8 (10)8 (11)7 (12)4 (7)29 (11)14 (4)
Scotland3 (4)4 (5)2 (3)5 (8)11 (4)14 (4)
Northern Ireland2 (3)0 (0)2 (3)0 (0)4 (2)11 (3)
Wales1 (1)4 (5)1 (2)2 (3)7 (3)13 (4)
Missing2 (3)0 (0)1 (2)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Ethnicity (no missing data)
White78 (96)70 (92)59 (97)55 (90)234 (87)a
Asian/Asian British2 (3)3 (4)0 (0)4 (7)22 (8)a
Black/African/Caribbean/black British0 (0)0 (0)1 (2)0 (0)4 (2)a
Mixed/multiple ethnic group1 (1)1 (1)1 (2)1 (2)7 (3)a
Other ethnic group0 (0)2 (3)0 (0)1 (2)0 (0)a
Prefer not to say0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)2 (1)a
Nature of child’s EDSD
Physical14 (17)14 (18)9 (15)13 (21)58 (22)63 (19)
Non-physical40 (49)5 (7)32 (53)3 (5)141 (52)23 (7)
Mixed27 (33)57 (75)20 (33)45 (74)59 (22)248 (74)
Missing0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)11 (4)0 (0)
a

Data not collected in national survey.

From: Chapter 10, Aim 3: Delphi survey

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Parent-delivered interventions used at home to improve eating, drinking and swallowing in children with neurodisability: the FEEDS mixed-methods study.
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