Table 1 Indicator topics, questions, and weighted scores used to assess CHOP choking educational intervention strategies
Indicator | Topic | Question | Weight of question |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Epidemiological knowledge | Do you know why children are at risk of choking? | 0.33 |
At what age are children at highest risk of choking? | 0.33 | ||
How many deaths per year are estimated to result from foreign body injuries in EU countries in children between 0 and 14 years of age? | 0.33 | ||
2 | Risk Perception | Are magnets, if swallowed in numbers greater than one, dangerous? | 0.15 |
What objects are most frequently involved in foreign body injuries? | 0.35 | ||
What objects cause the most serious and fatal injuries? | 0.35 | ||
Why are button batteries dangerous if ingested? | 0.15 | ||
3 | Rules for food preparation | When should it be assumed that a child has inhaled a foreign body, and what should be done? | 0.1 |
What size should food be prepared to? | 0.1 | ||
How should we prepare and cook meat and fish to reduce the risk of choking and injury? | 0.3 | ||
How should you cut wurstel and hot dogs? | 0.3 | ||
What should children do during meals and when eating? | 0.1 | ||
Do particular food preparation techniques help to reduce the risk of choking? | 0.1 | ||
4 | Ability to recognize hazardous foods | Which food represents a high risk of choking to children? | 0.4 |
Why is food of a round shape hazardous? | 0.4 | ||
Why do we have to give babies nuts in a ground form incorporated to other foods with a soft consistency (e.g., yogurt)? | 0.1 | ||
At what age can children be given candies and sweets? | 0.1 |