Table 2

Characteristics of school personnel and training
Characteristics

All participants

N = 343

%

Partial Disclosure Group

N = 187

%

Full Disclosure Group

N = 156

%

School personnel1
 Teachers 65.3 64.2 66.7
 Lunch monitors 18.1 21.9 13.5
 Administrative staff 11.7 10.2 13.5
 Nurses 0.9 1.6 0.0
 Others 2.0 1.6 2.6
Personnel from elementary schools 75.2 69.5 82.1
Prior training
 Overall 89.2 87.2 91.7
 Elementary schools 91.5 91.5 91.4
 Secondary schools 82.4 77.2 92.9
Prior training by nurse
 Overall 93.8 95.1 92.3
 Elementary schools 94.5 95.0 94.0
Prior training using an EpiPen® demonstrator
 Secondary schools 91.4 95.5 84.6
 Overall 66.2 76.1 54.9
 Elementary schools 75.7 88.2 62.9
 Secondary schools 34.3 43.2 19.2

N – Number of participants.

1 These data are missing for one school.

Nguyen Luu et al. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012 8:4   doi:10.1186/1710-1492-8-4

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