Comparative study of virtual and face-to-face training methods on the quality of healthcare services provided by Kermanshah pre-hospital emergency staff (EMS): randomized educational Intervention trial

Table 3 Comparison of the mean of emergency care methods before and after the intervention by the study groups

Variable		Face-to-face group	Virtual group	Mean difference^a	P- value
CPR	Before	10.3 ± 2.1	10.5 ± 1.1	+ 0.08 ± 0.3	0.813
	After	11.6 ± 1.2	11.8 ± 0.8
	P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001
Tracheal intubation	Before	7.4 ± 1.8	7.4 ± 1.6	+ 0.11 ± 0.09	0.266
	After	8.8 ± 0.8	8.8 ± 0.6
	P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001
LMA	Before	6.0 ± 2.1	5.4 ± 2.1	-0.21 ± 0.3	0.538
	After	7.9 ± 1.7	7.8 ± 1.6
	P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001
AED	Before	5.3 ± 1.4	5.0 ± 1.7	+ 0.06 ± 0.1	0.559
	After	5.8 ± 0.7	5.7 ± 1.1
	P-value	0.005	< 0.001
Total	Before	29.0 ± 6.1	28.4 ± 5.1	+ 0.13 ± 0.4	0.774
	After	34.1 ± 3.7	34.2 ± 3.4
	P-value	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aMean difference adjusted for education, job experience and score for each item of emergency care methods before the intervention
Values are expressed as Mean ± SD

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