Intervention | All N=421, n (%) | Physical and mixed EDSD n=388, n (%) | Non-physical EDSD n=32, n (%) |
Positioning | 325 (77.2) | 307 (79.3) | 17 (53.1) |
Food or drink modification | 237 (56.3) | 221 (57.0) | 15 (46.9) |
Modification of environment | 218 (51.8) | 195 (50.3) | 22 (68.8) |
Information on impact of sensory difficulties on eating and drinking | 213 (50.6) | 195 (50.3) | 17 (53.1) |
Information on impact of movement difficulties on eating and drinking | 207 (49.2) | 198 (51.0) | 8 (25.0) |
Desensitisation programme for food avoidance | 204 (48.5) | 185 (47.7) | 18 (56.3) |
Modification of utensils | 193 (45.8) | 178 (45.9) | 15 (46.9) |
Pacing of food at mealtimes | 179 (42.5) | 168 (43.3) | 10 (31.3) |
Medication | 167 (39.7) | 162 (41.8) | 5 (15.6) |
Enhancing child/feeder communication strategies at mealtimes | 161 (38.2) | 143 (36.9) | 17 (53.1) |
Schedule of meals | 157 (37.3) | 143 (36.9) | 14 (43.8) |
Manoeuvres | 152 (36.1) | 149 (38.4) | 2 (6.3) |
Strategies/programme aimed at changing behaviour at mealtimes | 146 (34.7) | 129 (33.3) | 17 (53.1) |
Training to wait for child’s cues for feeding | 136 (32.3) | 130 (33.6) | 6 (18.8) |
Visual supports | 133 (31.6) | 115 (29.7) | 18 (56.3) |
Hand-over-hand prompting | 129 (30.6) | 118 (30.4) | 11 (34.4) |
Counselling | 120 (28.5) | 109 (28.1) | 11 (34.4) |
Desensitisation programme for oral sensations | 109 (25.9) | 100 (25.8) | 9 (28.1) |
Modifying social eating and drinking opportunities | 103 (24.5) | 89 (23.0) | 14 (43.8) |
Oral-motor exercises | 102 (24.2) | 93 (24.0) | 9 (28.1) |
Energy supplements | 88 (20.9) | 87 (22.4) | 1 (3.1) |
Sensory stimulation | 60 (14.3) | 56 (14.5) | 4 (12.5) |
Sensory aids | 58 (13.8) | 55 (14.2) | 3 (9.4) |
Modelling | 52 (12.4) | 43 (11.1) | 9 (28.1) |
Sensorimotor therapies | 12 (2.9) | 10 (2.6) | 2 (6.3) |
The numbers within each subgroup (physical and mixed EDSD and non-physical EDSD) do not add up to the total number of respondents due to one health professional not providing information on type of EDSD worked with. These percentages add up to greater than 100% because participants could choose more than one option. The percentage of missing data varied for each of the interventions (mean=23%, SD=5%) for each of the groups.