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Table 3 Descriptive data and analyses for the 2008 cohort (n = 29) across the five EBP domains.

From: Evidence-based practice profiles of physiotherapists transitioning into the workforce: a study of two cohorts

Domain

Range^

Final year mean (SD)

95% CI

1st year workforce mean (SD) 95% CI

2nd year workforce mean (SD) 95% CI

Final →1st year workforce

*ES

95% CI

1st → 2nd year workforce

*ES

95% CI

Final → 2nd year workforce

*ES

95% CI

Relevance

14-70

60.2 (5.5)

58.1-62.3

59.0 (5.5)

56.9-61.1

60.0 (5.5)

57.9-62.1

ES -0.29

-0.81 to +0.23

ES +0.27

-0.23 to +0.77

ES -0.04

-0.55 to +0.48

Terminology

17-85

60.0 (8.3)

56.8-63.1

61.5 (9.9)

57.7-65.2

63.2 (10.1)

59.4-67.0

ES +0.19

-0.32 to +0.71

ES +0.22

-0.29 to +0.73

ES +0.42

-0.10 to +0.94

Confidence

11-55

40.0 (6.8)

37.5-42.6

39.7 (8.5)

36.4-42.9

42.5 (6.9)

39.8-45.1

ES -0.02

-0.50 to +0.55

ES +0.27

-0.25 to +0.79

ES +0.29

-0.23 to +0.90

Practice

9-45

26.6 (6.7)

24.1-29.2

24.9 (5.6)

22.8-27.0

25.0 (6.4)

22.5-27.4

ES -0.23

-0.75 to +0.29

ES +0.04

-0.48 to +0.55

ES -0.27

-0.78 to +0.25

Sympathy

7-35

22.6 (3.7)

21.1-24.0

22.3 (3.9)

20.8-23.8

23.0 (3.0)

21.9-24.2

ES -0.15

-0.66 to +0.37

ES +0.22

-0.30 to +0.74

ES +0.07

-0.59 to +0.44

  1. CI confidence interval; ES effect size. ^ a higher score indicates improvement
  2. *ES calculated based on adjusted mean (SD) for random effects mixed modelling;
  3. → change from period to period.