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Table 2 Differences between Psychiatry residents and Family Medicine residents in knowledge of schizophrenia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia

From: Perceived knowledge of psychiatry and family medicine residents regarding medical management of schizophrenia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia: opportunities to refine the residency training

Total score of questions on each condition

Mean (SD)

P value

Psychiatry resident

Family Medicine resident

Schizophrenia

50.70 (5.16)

43.28 (7.62)

< 0.001*

Hypertension

33.86 (8.52)

40.98 (7.94)

< 0.001*

Diabetes mellitus

45.68 (7.61)

49.79 (7.61)

0.002*

Dyslipidemia

37.04 (7.95)

44.31 (6.34)

< 0.001#

  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard deviation
  2. *P value was calculated using Mann-Whitney U test. #P value was calculated using T test