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Table 3 Performance comparison of LH medical students and RH medical students for the urinary catheterization technique (5-points rating score with the total score of 25)

From: Clinical psychomotor skills among left and right handed medical students: are the left-handed medical students left out?

Urinary catheterization

LH Subjects (Mean ± SEM) (n = 27)

RH Controls (Mean ± SEM) (n = 27)

Confidence interval (CI)

p-value

Procedure knowledge

4.04 ± 1.126

4.00 ± 1.00

−0.545–0.619

0.899

Instrument’s knowledge

4.15 ± 0.808

3.89 ± 1.05

−0.256–0.773

0.316

Catheter handling

4.11 ± 0.934

3.89 ± 0.974

−0.299–0.743

0.396

Hand motion

4.26 ± 0.944

4.19 ± 1.001

−0.457–0.606

0.417

Overall quality

4.33 ± 0.961

4.11 ± 1.050

−0.327–0.772

0.421

Total score

20.89 ± 1.873

18.28 ± 2.025

−1.627–1.241

0.843