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Table 3 Summary of OSCEa results

From: Assessment of an intensive education program for pharmacists on treatment of tobacco use disorder using an objective structured clinical examination: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group n = 54

Control group n = 32

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

Mean (SDb) total score for Developing rapport

  Case 1: ‘Healthy’ adult smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

2.8 (0.9)

1.0 (0.7)

 < 0.001*

  Case 2: Pregnant smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

2.7 (1.1)

0.8 (0.8)

 < 0.001*

  Case 3: Teenager smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

2.8 (1.1)

0.5 (0.8)

 < 0.001*

  Case 4: Relapse prevention in a patient who recently quit smoking and has withdrawal symptoms

  Possible score range: 0–5

2.5 (1.0)

0.9 (0.9)

 < 0.001*

  Case 5: Smoker with cardiovascular diseases

  Possible score range: 0–5

2.6 (1.0)

1.1 (0.7)

 < 0.001*

  Case 6: Smoker in precontemplation stage of change

  Possible score range: 0–4

3.2 (1.1)

1.3 (0.8)

 < 0.001*

Mean (SDb) total score for Gathering information

  Case 1: ‘Healthy’ adult smoker

  Possible score range: 0–11

5.0 (1.6)

2.8 (1.5)

 < 0.001*

  Case 2: Pregnant smoker

  Possible score range: 0–12

6.2 (2.2)

2.5 (1.6)

 < 0.001*

  Case 3: Teenager smoker

  Possible score range: 0–9

5.2 (1.6)

3.0 (1.6)

 < 0.001*

  Case 4: Relapse prevention in a patient who recently quit smoking and has withdrawal symptoms

  Possible score range: 0–13

6.0 (2.3)

4.6 (2.1)

0.005*

  Case 5: Smoker with cardiovascular diseases

  Possible score range: 0–12

6.3 (2.1)

3.1 (1.6)

 < 0.001*

  Case 6: Smoker in precontemplation stage of change

  Possible score range: 0–11

5.0 (2.0)

4.4 (2.4)

0.184

Mean (SDb) total score for Management Strategies

  Case 1: ‘Healthy’ adult smoker

  Possible score range: 0–10

3.5 (1.7)

2.2 (1.2)

 < 0.001*

  Case 2: Pregnant smoker

  Possible score range: 0–6

2.2 (1.4)

0.4 (0.7)

 < 0.001*

  Case 3: Teenager smoker

  Possible score range: 0–7

2.1 (1.6)

1.1 (1.1)

0.002*

  Case 4: Relapse prevention in a patient who recently quit smoking and has withdrawal symptoms

  Possible score range: 0–9

2.8 (1.3)

1.7 (1.3)

 < 0.001*

  Case 5: Smoker with cardiovascular diseases

  Possible score range: 0–10

3.0 (1.9)

1.3 (1.3)

 < 0.001*

  Case 6: Smoker in precontemplation stage of change

  Possible score range: 0–7

3.0 (1.5)

2.2 (1.7)

0.025*

Mean (SDb) total score for Monitoring/follow-up

  Case 1: ‘Healthy’ adult smoker

  Possible score range: 0–1

0.8 (0.4)

0.4 (0.5)

 < 0.001*

  Case 2: Pregnant smoker

  Possible score range: 0–2

0.8 (0.7)

0.1 (0.3)

 < 0.001*

  Case 3: Teenager smoker

  Possible score range: 0–1

0.7 (0.4)

0.2 (0.4)

 < 0.001*

  Case 4: Relapse prevention in a patient who recently quit smoking and has withdrawal symptoms

  Possible score range: -

-

-

-

  Case 5: Smoker with cardiovascular diseases

  Possible score range: 0–1

0.7 (0.4)

0.2 (0.4)

 < 0.001*

  Case 6: Smoker in precontemplation stage of change

  Possible score range: 0–1

0.4 (0.4)

0.1 (0.3)

0.001*

Mean (SDb) total score for global assessment

  Case 1: ‘Healthy’ adult smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.2 (1.4)

2.4 (1.1)

0.01*

  Case 2: Pregnant smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.6 (1.0)

2.4 (1.3)

 < 0.001*

  Case 3: Teenager smoker

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.5 (1.4)

3.0 (1.6)

0.145

  Case 4: Relapse prevention in a patient who recently quit smoking and has withdrawal symptoms

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.4 (1.2)

2.1 (1.2)

 < 0.001*

  Case 5: Smoker with cardiovascular diseases

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.7 (1.1)

2.6 (1.6)

 < 0.001*

  Case 6: Smoker in precontemplation stage of change

  Possible score range: 0–5

3.6 (1.1)

3.3 (1.2)

0.256

  1. aObjective Structured Clinical Examination
  2. bStandard Deviation