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Table 4 Confidence levels of nurses and medics

From: A tool to improve competence in the management of emergency patients by rural clinic health workers: a pilot assessment on the Thai-Myanmar border

 

Nurse

Medic

 

Baseline

Post

P value

Baseline

Post

P value

N = 30

N = 45

N = 19

N = 27

Anaphylaxis

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

0.003

3 [1–4]

3 [2–4]

0.003

Acute abdo

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

0.001

3 [1–4]

3 [3–4]

0.002

Acute SOB

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

<0.001

3 [1–4]

3 [2–4]

0.004

Sepsis

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

<0.001

3 [1–4]

3 [2–4]

0.010

Unwell PW

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

<0.001

3 [1–4]

3 [1–4]

0.288

Unconscious

2 [1–3]

3 [1–4]

<0.001

3 [1–4]

3 [2–4]

0.021

  1. Where 1 = very unsure, 2 = a bit unsure, 3 = a bit confident and 4 = very confident.