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Table 4 Percentage of Participants Correctly Answering Prediabetes and Diabetes Prevention Knowledge Questions, by Mode of Response

From: An assessment of medical students’ knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention

 

All Students

(n = 197)

Paper

(n = 135)

Electronic

(n = 62)

p-value

[effect size]

Preclinical knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention

 Q1. Proportion of adults with prediabetes

48.22

48.15

48.39

0.975

[0.006]

 Q2. Prediabetes risk factors

53.30

59.26

40.32

0.013**

[0.385]

 Q3. HbA1c levels

26.4

25.19

29.03

0.572

[0.086]

Clinical management knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes prevention

 Q4. USPSTF recommendations

12.69

14.07

9.68

0.392

[0.132]

 Q5. Metformin vs LCP

27.92

21.48

41.94

0.003***

[0.463]

 Q6. National DPP weight loss

58.88

57.04

62.90

0.440

[0.119]

  1. p-values student scores are significantly different from students who took the test electronically compared to students who took the test on paper; **p < 0.05; ***p,0.01; significant effect size for educational research is ≥0.33
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