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Table 5 General physicians’ and internists’ knowledge in diagnosis of diabetes before and after intervention

From: Knowledge of physicians regarding the management of Type two Diabetes in a primary care setting: the impact of online continuous medical education

Diagnostic approach

Glycemic Control

Question

 

GPs

Internist

P-value

GPs

Internist

P-value

Q7

Pre-test

58.2

47.0

0.202

   
 

Post-test

68.4

55.8

0.13

   

Q8

Pre-test

50.7

70.5

0.025

   
 

Post-test

56.8

76.4

0.025

   

Q9

Pre-test

86.9

97.0

0.105

   
 

Post-test

85.7

94.1

0.206

   

Q20

Pre-test

   

78.4

70.5

0.288

 

Post-test

   

69.6

73.5

0.634

Q21

Pre-test

   

80.6

85.2

0.505

 

Post-test

   

80.0

88.2

0.368

Q22

Pre-test

   

74.7

91.1

0.036

 

Post-test

   

82.6

94.1

0.096

  1. Chi-squared (or Fisher exact test) was used, depending on the percentages inside the tables to be large or small, respectively
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