Research Article
Anaphylaxis Preparedness among Preschool Staff before and after an Educational Intervention
Table 2
Staff characteristics, perceived barriers to epinephrine administration, and preintervention assessment.
| | Characteristic, barrier, or assessment | Overall
( = 171) | Director
( = 11) | Teacher
( =91) | Assistant
( = 33) | Other
( = 26) | Unspecified
( = 10) |
| | Staff characteristic, number (%) | | | | | | | | Currently caring for a child with severe allergies | 15/168 (9) | 4 (36) | 6 (7) | 3 (9) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | | Previous EAI administration | 6/170 (4) | 1 (9) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | | Prior EAI training | 120 (71) | 9 (82) | 73 (80) | 17 (52) | 16 (62) | 5/9 (56) | | Prior anaphylaxis recognition training | 98/171 (57) | 9 (82) | 58 (64) | 13 (39) | 12 (46) | 6 (60) | | Desire for more anaphylaxis education | 151/168 (90) | 10 (91) | 84 (92) | 29/32 (91) | 24 (92) | 4/8 (50) |
| | Perceived barriers to epinephrine administration, number (%) | Overall
( = 132) | Director
( = 10) | Teacher
( = 73) | Assistant
( = 23) | Other
( = 19) | Unspecified
( = 7) |
| | Uncertainty about anaphylaxis recognition | 91 (69) | 8 (80) | 51 (70) | 14 (61) | 16 (84) | 2 (29) | | Uncertainty about EAI use | 71 (54) | 8 (80) | 38 (52) | 13 (57) | 10 (53) | 2 (29) | | Uncertainty about EAI location | 15 (11) | 1 (10) | 10 (14) | 2 (9) | 1 (5) | 1 (14) | | Not allowed to administer EAI | 17 (13) | 0 (0) | 14 (19) | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | 1 (14) | | Other | 12 (9) | 1 (10) | 7 (10) | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | 2 (29) | | Preintervention staff assessment, mean (SD) | | | | | | | | Anaphylaxis recognition comfort level ( = 166) | 5.1 (2.4) | 4.4 (2.8) | 5.2 (2.0) | 5.0 (2.3) | 4.8 (3.1) | 6.5 (2.7) | | EAI administration comfort level ( = 169) | 5.4 (2.8) | 5.3 (3.2) | 5.7 (2.4) | 4.9 (2.8) | 5.0 (3.4) | 4.7 (3.0) | Number of correctly sequenced steps for EAI
administration ( = 161) | 2.0 (2.1) | 1.0 (2.2) | 2.3 (2.1) | 1.6 (2.2) | 1.6 (2.0) | 2.0 (2.2) |
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EAI: epinephrine autoinjector.
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