Ranking | ||||||
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Concern | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
North American respondents (n=51) | ||||||
Degree of patient discomfort from procedure | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
Risk of adverse effects (unit experience) | 8 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 36 |
Risk of adverse effects (published) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
Availability of staff | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
Degree of patient discomfort from management | 3 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
Other | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
• Ability to do procedure lying still (ranked 2nd) | ||||||
• Patient's age, ability to use non-pharmacological methods (ranked 2nd) | ||||||
• Parental coping (ranked 4th) | ||||||
Availability of facilities | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
Cost | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
Risk of litigation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
European respondents (n=16) | ||||||
Degree of patient discomfort from procedure | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Degree of patient discomfort from management | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
Availability of facilities | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
Availability of staff | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Risk of adverse effects (unit experience) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Risk of adverse effects (published) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
Cost | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Risk of litigation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concerns are listed in order, according to number of times each was ranked the most important.