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Table 6 General physicians’ and internists’ knowledge in treatment of diabetes before and after educational intervention

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

Life style Modification

OGLDs Treatment

Insulin therapy

Question

 

GPs

Internist

p-value

GPs

Internist

p-value

GPs

Internist

p-value

Q10

Pre-test

90.2

100

0.061

      
 

Post-test

92.8

97.0

0.5

      

Q11

Pre-test

50.5

38.2

0.166

      
 

Post-test

73.9

79.4

0.479

      

Q12

Pre-test

58.8

76.4

0.043

      
 

Post-test

78.2

85.2

0.393

      

Q13

Pre-test

   

64.9

82.3

0.038

   
 

Post-test

   

82.4

76.4

0.376

   

Q14

Pre-test

   

67.8

82.3

0.077

   
 

Post-test

   

68.0

79.4

0.166

   

Q15

Pre-test

   

47.0

44.1

0.741

   
 

Post-test

   

69.8

88.2

0.02

   

Q16

Pre-test

   

53.7

61.7

0.365

   
 

Post-test

   

85.7

85.2

1.000

   

Q17

Pre-test

   

70.3

85.2

0.078

   
 

Post-test

   

87.9

94.1

0.0408

   

Q18

Pre-test

   

59.4

64.7

0.547

   
 

Post-test

   

62.9

76.4

0.112

   

Q19

Pre-test

   

63.5

50

0.114

   
 

Post-test

   

89.2

88.2

0.778

   

Q23

Pre-test

   

46.2

29.4

0.057

   
 

Post-test

   

52.1

35.2

0.057

   

Q24

Pre-test

      

60.2

85.2

0.003

 

Post-test

      

86.3

88.2

1.000

Q25

Pre-test

      

18.9

35.2

0.021

 

Post-test

      

53.2

70.6

0.048

Q26

Pre-test

      

21.5

32.3

0.145

 

Post-test

      

37.8

47.0

0.288

Q27

Pre-test

      

59.0

50

0.3

 

Post-test

      

68.4

67.6

0.924

Q28

Pre-test

      

60.2

82.3

0.010

 

Post-test

      

75.4

90.9

0.054

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