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Table 4 Baseline assessment success rates and successful ventilation times

From: The effects of laryngeal mask airway passage simulation training on the acquisition of undergraduate clinical skills: a randomised controlled trial

 

All participants (N = 126)

Participants followed-up (N = 78)

 

I*

C*

Test

statistic

P-value

I

C

Test

statistic

P-value

Overall success

rating > 3

22.6%

18.8%

X2

0.282

0.595

25.0%

18.4%

X2

0.495

0.482

Overall success

(mean rating)

2.88

2.70

-**

0.18

0.172┼

2.98

2.68

-

0.30

0.122┼

Successful

ventilation

62.9%

68.8%

X2

0.479

0.489

67.5%

65.8%

X2

0.026

0.873

LMA handling

(mean rating)

3.02

2.98

-

0.04

0.453┼

3.10

3.05

-

0.05

0.450┼

Time to task

(SD) (sec)

33.6

(12.2)

32.3

(13.2)

Mann-

Whit. U

787.5

0.519

33.9

(12.7)

29.1

(11.7)

Mann-

Whit. U

262.0

0.165

  1. * I = Intervention group, C = control group
  2. **- = difference between means
  3. ┼ P-value obtained using Fisher's randomisation t-test
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