Table 3 Changes in primary care providers’ self-efficacy and attitudes before and after intervention and control curricular participation, in four domains
Variable | Pretest | Post-test | Change | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean (95% CI) | N | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Within | Between | |
Knowledge about BRCA genetics and breast/ovarian cancer risk (11 items) % correct | |||||||
 Control | 67 | 53.1 (49.5, 56.6) | 61 | 63.1 (59.4, 66.8) | 10.0 (5.8, 14.2) | <0.01 | <0.01 |
 Research | 66 | 54.7 (51.1, 58.3) | 61 | 74.3 (70.5, 78.0) | 19.6 (15.4, 23.8) | <0.01 | |
Knowledge about genetic testing (5 items) % correct | |||||||
 Control | 67 | 64.8 (61.2, 68.3) | 61 | 64.5 (60.8, 68.2) | -0.3 (-3.9, 3.4) | 0.89 | <0.01 |
 Research | 66 | 67.9 (64.3, 71.4) | 61 | 80.0 (76.3, 83.7) | 12.1 (8.4, 15.8) | <0.01 | |
Knowledge about breast cancer overall % correct | |||||||
 Control | 67 | 56.7 (54.0, 59.5) | 61 | 63.5 (60.7, 66.4) | 6.8 (3.8, 9.8) | <0.01 | <0.01 |
 Research | 66 | 58.8 (56.0, 61.6) | 61 | 76.1 (73.2, 78.9) | 17.2 (14.2, 20.2) | <0.01 | |
Knowledge about Shared Decision Making % correct | |||||||
 Control | 67 | 63.6 (58.8, 68.4) | 61 | 67.8 (63.7, 71.9) | 4.2 (-0.9, 9.3) | 0.11 | 0.84 |
 Research | 66 | 67.9 (63.1, 72.7) | 61 | 71.4 (67.3, 75.5) | 3.4 (-1.7, 8.6) | 0.19 | |
Knowledge about ethics, law, confidentiality % correct | |||||||
 Control | 66 | 64.4 (59.5, 69.3) | 61 | 70.2 (66.0, 74.4) | 5.8 (0.7, 10.9) | 0.03 | <0.01 |
 Research | 66 | 65.9 (61.0, 70.8) | 61 | 81.6 (77.4, 85.9) | 15.7 (10.6, 20.8) | <0.01 | |
Knowledge about VTE % correct | |||||||
 Control | 66 | 63.6 (58.6, 68.7) | 61 | 68.3 (64.0, 72.6) | 4.7 (-1.3, 10.6) | 0.12 | <0.01 |
 Research | 66 | 65.5 (60.4, 70.5) | 61 | 86.9 (82.6, 91.2) | 21.5 (15.6, 27.4) | <0.01 | |
Knowledge about ethics and perinatal/pediatric genetic testing % correct | |||||||
 Control | 66 | 65.8 (60.9, 70.6) | 61 | 76.1 (71.5, 80.7) | 10.4 (4.6, 16.1) | <0.01 | 0.08 |
 Research | 66 | 70.3 (65.5, 75.1) | 61 | 87.8 (83.3, 92.4) | 17.5 (11.8, 23.2) | <0.01 | |
Total Knowledge % correct | |||||||
Control | 66 | 59.1 (56.9, 61.4) | 61 | 65.5 (63.6, 67.4) | 6.3 (4.4, 8.3) | <0.01 | <0.01 |
Research | 66 | 62.1 (59.9, 64.4) | 61 | 75.9 (74.0, 77.8) | 13.8 (11.9, 15.8) | <0.01 | |