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Table 2 Adjusted knowledge and self-efficacy average score differences at baseline (pre-training), by participants’ characteristics

From: Training in obstetric and neonatal emergencies in Mexico: effect on knowledge and self-efficacy by gender, age, shift, and profession

  

Knowledge

Self-efficacy

n = 347

n = 347

Coef

95% CI

Coef

95% CI

Sex

Male (ref)

 

 

Female

0.09

(−3.12,3.29)

−4.02**

(−7.80,-0.23)

Age (years)

< 30 (ref)

 

 

30,49

−2.02

(−5.34,1.31)

4.24**

(0.24,8.24)

50+

−5.65**

(−10.03,-1.27)

1.84

(−3.48,7.163)

Profession

OBGYN (ref)

 

 

Nurses

−18.84***

(−23.27,-14.41)

−3.58

(−9.24,2.09)

Midwives / obstetric nurses

−12.25**

(−22.14,-2.35)

2.78

(−9.54,15.10)

Interns

−8.62

(−19.04,1.81)

−17.81***

(−29.91,-5.71)

General practitioners

−7.20***

(−11.74,-2.67)

0.62

(−4.79,6.02)

Pediatricians

−1.5

(−8.89,5.89)

−5.5

(−14.22,3.22)

Other medical specialists

−9.25***

(−14.52,-3.98)

1.83

(−4.46,8.12)

Working shift

Day (ref)

 

 

Afternoon

−2.02

(−5.34,1.31)

−0.63

(−5.18,3.92)

Night

−5.65**

(−10.03,-1.27)

−2.34

(−6.76,2.08)

Extended (weekends and holidays)

0.09

(−3.12,3.29)

−2.17

(−6.77,2.43)

  1. Coef Coefficient from mixed-effects regression models, CI confidence interval. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05