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Table 1 Baseline participant characteristics and attitude scale scores

From: The positive impact of interprofessional education: a controlled trial to evaluate a programme for health professional students

Characteristics

Intervention

Control

 

n

%a (95%CI)

n

%a (95%CI)

Age (years; mean)

40

21.9 (21.0,22.8)

42

22.5 (21.6,23.4)

Gender

    

 Female

30

75.0 (58.8,87.3)

30

71.4 (55.4,84.3)

 Male

10

25.0 (12.7,41.2)

12

28.6 (15.7,44.6)

Ethnicityb

    

 NZ European

34

85.0 (70.2,94.3)

34

81.0 (65.9,91.4)

 Māori

3

7.5 (1.6,20.4)

5

11.9 (4.0,25.6)

 Asian

4

10.0 (2.8,23.7)

7

16.7 (7.0,31.4)

 Other

0

 

0

 

Discipline

    

 Dietetics

4

10.0 (2.8,23.7)

5

11.9 (4.0,25.6)

 Medicine

17

42.5 (27.0,59.1)

18

42.9 (27.7,59.0)

 Physiotherapy

6

15.0 (5.7,29.8)

6

14.3 (5.4,28.5)

 Radiation Therapy

13

32.5 (18.6,49.1)

13

31.0 (17.6,47.1)

Scale (mean scorec)

    

 ATHCTS

39d

3.9 (3.8,4.0)

42

3.8 (3.7,3.9)

 RIPLS

40

3.9 (3.8,4.1)

42

3.9 (3.8,4.0)

 TSS

40

2.9 (2.7,3.1)

42

3.0 (3.8,3.1)

 LTCMS

40

3.1 (2.9,3.3)

42

2.9 (2.8,3.1)

  1. NZ New Zealand, ATHCTS Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale, RIPLS Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale, TSS Team Skills Scales, LTCMS Long-Term Condition Management Scale
  2. aunless otherwise specified
  3. btotal equals more than 100 % as respondents were able to select more than one category
  4. cscored on 5-point Likert scale, higher scores represent more positive attitudes
  5. done student provided insufficient valid responses to allow a mean to be calculated for the ATHCTS
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