Table 4 Frequency of analysis units of revised and unrevised paper in critical appraisal topics of discussions
|  | analysis units of revised papers (n = 24) | analysis units of unrevised papers (n = 23) | Mann–Whitney U test | Effect size (Cohens’d) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Critical appraisal topics of discussion | frequency | median (min-max) | frequency | median (min-max) | P-value | Â |
(1) Literature search regarding the clinical problem | 258 | 9.74 (2.75–30.16) | 173 | 8 (0–22.43) | P < .070 | 0.56 |
(2) Appraisal of the selected article(s) | 276 | 9.72 (1.41–32.64) | 137 | 4.7 (0–15) | P < .007 | 0.86 |
(3) Relevant conclusion regarding the clinical problem | 162 | 6.5 (0–12.69) | 47 | 1.6 (0–9.29) | P < .000 | 1.54 |