Increasing confidence and changing behaviors in primary care providers engaged in genetic counselling

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Group comparisons for knowledge measures at PRE and POST

Variable	Pre		Post		Change (Post-Pre)
Variable	N	Mean (95% CI)	N	Mean (95% CI)	Mean (95% CI)	Within P-value	Between P-value
Attitude toward genetic screening (higher=more agreeable, 1-5)*
Control	67	3.3 (3.1, 3.4)	61	3.4 (3.2, 3.5)	0.1 (0.0, 0.3)	0.17	<0.01
Research	68	3.1 (2.9, 3.3)	61	2.9 (2.7, 3.0)	-0.2 (-0.4, -0.1)	<0.01	<0.01
Clinical skills self-efficacy (higher=more confident, 1-5)*
Control	67	3.0 (2.9, 3.2)	61	3.6 (3.5, 3.7)	0.6 (0.4, 0.7)	<0.01	0.02
Research	68	3.0 (2.8, 3.1)	61	3.8 (3.6, 3.9)	0.8 (0.6, 0.9)	<0.01	0.02
Genetic knowledge (higher=more knowledge, 1-5)*
Control	67	2.5 (2.4, 2.6)	61	3.3 (3.1, 3.4)	0.8 (0.6, 0.9)	<0.01	0.02
Research	68	2.4 (2.3, 2.6)	61	3.4 (3.3, 3.6)	1.0 (0.9, 1.1)	<0.01	0.02
Attitudes toward third party access to genetic profiles (higher=more agreeable, 1-5)+
Control	67	1.5 (1.3, 1.6)	61	1.5 (1.3, 1.7)	0.1 (-0.2, 0.3)	0.48	0.64
Research	68	1.4 (1.2, 1.5)	61	1.4 (1.2, 1.5)	0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)	1.0	0.64

* Linear mixed effects model
+ Signed Rank tests for within group comparisons, Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for between group comparison

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