Data for: "Availability and use of rapid diagnostic tests for the management of acute childhood infections in Europe" – Data codebook

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00003104

Description

Data obtained through a cross sectional survey of European paediatricians for the purpose of estimating the availability and use of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests for the management of acute childhood infections and identify the main determinants. The dataset contains anonymised responses from 1154 primary care paediatricians from 19 countries, and 1188 hospital paediatricians from 504 unique hospitals from 29 countries and data dictionaries.

Data codebook

Hospital dataset

Variable name Variable description Variable type Answer code
ID Respondent number Numeric ID
Country Country of work - EU and EEA countries String  
      Austria
      Belgium
      Bulgaria
      Croatia
      Cyprus
      Czech Rep.
      Denmark
      Finland
      France
      Germany
      Greece
      Hungary
      Ireland
      Israel
      Italy
      Latvia
      Lithuania
      Malta
      Netherlands
      Norway
      Poland
      Portugal
      Romania
      Slovenia
      Spain
      Sweden
      Switzerland
      Ukraine
      United Kingdom
Job Title String  
      General paediatrician
      Paediatric trainee
      Paediatrician with subspecialty or special interest
Subspecialty Subspecialty or special interest String  
      Allergy
      Cardiology
      Emergency medicine
      Endocrinology
      Gastroenterology
      Immunology / Infectious  diseases
      Intensive care
      Neonatology
      Nephrology
      Neurodevelopment
      Neurology
      Oncology
      Other
      Respiratory paediatrics
      Rheumatology
      NULL
Other_subspecialty Another subspecialty String Free text
Year_qualify Year of qualification from medical school (before starting specialty training) String 1970 - 2019
Sector_activity Sector of activity of workplace String  
      Public
      Private
Hospital_level Hospital level of care String  
      Hospital providing secondary and tertiary care
      Hospital providing secondary care only
Hospital_specialty Hospital specialty String  
      General hospital
      Paediatric or women and children hospital
Who_takes_blood Healthcare worker who usually takes blood for routine tests, like C-reactive protein or full blood count String  
      Doctors
      Laboratory technicians
      Nurses
      Phlebotomists or others
Turnaround_time Shortest turnaround time to get results of blood tests such as C-reactive protein (minutes) Numeric Minutes
Consultation_time Average consultation time during busier times of the year (minutes) Numeric Minutes
CRP_availability Availability of C-Reactive protein POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
PCT_availability Availability of procalcitonin POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
FBC_availability Availability of full blood count or white cell count POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
BG_availability Availability of blood gas analyser POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
Lactate_availability Availability of lactate POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
UD_availability Availability of urine dipstick String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
Microscopy_availability Availability of urine microscopy in the clinical area String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
Influenza_availability Availability of Influenza virus POCT (nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
RSV_availability Availability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus POCT (nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
GAS_availability Availability of Group A streptococci POCT (throat swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
CRP_use Use of C-Reactive protein POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
PCT_use Use of procalcitonin POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
FBC_use Use of full blood count POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the lab version
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
BG_use Use of blood gas POCT analyser in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
Lactate_use Use of lactate POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
UD_use Use of urine dipstick in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use the test
      I would do the dipstick at the point of care
      I would send urine to the lab for dipstick
      I would do both of the above (I would use both the POCT and lab versions)
Influenza_use Use of influenza POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
RSV_use Use of respiratory syncytial  virus POCT in the clinical scenario Nominal  
      I would not use this test
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would use the lab version
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions

Primary care dataset

Variable name Variable description Variable type Answer code
ID Respondent number Numeric ID
Country Country of work (EU and EEA countries) String  
      Austria
      Belgium
      Croatia
      Cyprus
      Czech Rep.
      Finland
      France
      Germany
      Greece
      Hungary
      Israel
      Italy
      Latvia
      Lithuania
      Poland
      Slovenia
      Spain
      Switzerland
Job Title String  
      Paediatric trainee
      Primary care paediatrician
Year_qualify Year of qualification from medical school (before starting specialty training) Numeric  
      1970 - 2010
Sector_activity Sector of activity of workplace String  
      Private
      Public
Co_workers Whether the primary care practice is a solo practice or a group practice String  
      Solo practice. I am the only health worker
      There are other health workers working in the practice
Distance_lab Distance to external laboratory where blood tests such as C-reactive protein are performed (kilometers) Numeric  
Who_takes_blood Healthcare worker who usually takes blood for routine tests, like C-reactive protein or full blood count String  
      Blood is not taken in my workplace
      Myself
      Another person (e.g. a nurse)
Turnaround_time Shortest turnaround time to get results of blood tests such as C-reactive protein from an external laboratory (minutes) String  
      < 1 working day (the same day)
      1 working day
      2 working days
      3 working days
      4 working days
      I don't know
      NULL
Consultation_time Average consultation time during busier times of the year (minutes) Numeric  
CRP_availability Availability of C-Reactive protein POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
PCT_availability Availability of procalcitonin POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
FBC_availability Availability of full blood count or white cell count POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
BG_availability Availability of blood gas analyser POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
Lactate_availability Availability of lactate POCT String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
UD_availability Availability of urine dipstick String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
Influenza_availability Availability of Influenza virus POCT (nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
RSV_availability Availability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus POCT (nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
GAS_availability Availability of Group A streptococci POCT (throat swab) String  
      This POCT is available and I do use it in children
      This POCT is available, however rarely used in children
      This POCT is NOT available; I would like it available
      This POCT is NOT available; I don’t think I need it
CRP_use Use of C-Reactive protein POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
PCT_use Use of procalcitonin POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
FBC_use Use of full blood count POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
BG_use Use of blood gas POCT analyser in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use this test
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would use this test
      NULL
Lactate_use Use of lactate POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
UD_use Use of urine dipstick in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the test
Influenza_use Use of influenza POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions
RSV_use Use of respiratory syncytial  virus POCT in the clinical scenario String  
      I would not use a diagnostic test
      I would not use this test
      I would use the rapid POCT version
      I would use the lab version
      I would use both the rapid POCT and lab versions