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Table 3 Skill-specific self-efficacy ratings

From: The benefit of repetitive skills training and frequency of expert feedback in the early acquisition of procedural skills

 

High-frequency feedback group (HFF group) N = 23

Low-frequency feedback group (LFF group) N = 24

MWU p-value 1

Prior to the training (T0)

2.35 ± .71

2.33 ± .64

.640

After Peyton’s step 4 (T1)

4.70 ± .59

4.86 ± .74

.296

After the final, sixth repetition (T2)

5.27 ± .39

5.37 ± .40

.872

p-value 2

<.001

<.001

 
  1. 1Mann Whitney U test.
  2. 2Friedman test.
  3. Self-efficacy ratings relating to five competencies in inserting a nasogastric tube between the two groups before the training (T0), after Peyton’s step 4 (T1), and after the final, 6th repetition (T2; mean and standard deviation of six-point Likert scales from 6 = fully agree to 1 = completely disagree; M-W-U-Test, p-values).