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Table 2 Quantitative outcome measures

From: Changes in medical students´ and anesthesia technician trainees´ attitudes towards interprofessionality – experience from an interprofessional simulation-based course

Subscale

Group

Estimated mean score t0 [95% CI]

P (FYMS versus FYATT) t0

Estimated mean score t1 [95% CI]

P (FYMS versus FYATT) t1

Estimated mean difference (t1-t0) [95% CI]

P (t0 versus t1)

Effect size Cohen´s d (t0 versus t1) [95% CI]

Between group difference of between timepoint difference [95% CI] P

Communication and Teamwork

FYMS

18.41 [16.82, 20.01]

0.597

16.96 [15.36, 18.56]

0.810

-1.45 [-2.40, -0.50]

0.004

0.35 [-0.10, 0.80]

-0.29 [-1.56, 0.98] 0.651

FYATT

18.84 [17.74, 19.95]

17.13 [16.01, 18.24]

-1.72 [-2.60, -0.84]

0.026

0.51 [0.05, 0.97]

Interprofessional Learning

FYMS

15.90 [14.68, 17.11]

0.138

12.40 [11.10, 13.70]

 < 0.001

-3.49 [-4.93, -2.05]

 < 0.001

0.90 [0.43, 1.37]

2.12 [0.07, 4.18] 0.043

FYATT

17.35 [15.11, 19.59]

15.96 [13.71, 18.20]

-1.40 [-2.91, 0.12]

0.070

0.24 [-0.21, 0.69]

Interprofessional Interaction

FYMS

33.86 [32.78, 34.93]

 < 0.001

32.50 [31.34, 33.66]

0.001

-1.35 [-2.67, -0.04]

0.044

0.39 [-0.06, 0.85]

-0.46 [-2.39, 1.46] 0.631

FYATT

30.87 [29.21, 32.53]

29.06 [27.40, 30.72]

-1.81 [-3.25, -0.37]

0.015

0.40 [-0.06, 0.85]

Interprofessional Relationships

FYMS

18.28 [16.44, 20.12]

0.940

16.83 [14.98, 18.68]

0.862

-1.45 [-2.59, -0.32]

0.014

0.30 [-0.15, 0.76]

0.01 [-1.56, 1.58] 0.989

FYATT

18.44 [16.41, 20.48]

17.02 [14.98, 19.06]

-1.43 [-2.54, -0.31]

0.014

0.27 [-0.19, 0.72]

  1. CI confidence interval, FYMS final year medical students, FYATT final year anesthesia technician trainees, t0 before training, t1 after training
  2. Minimum and maximum sum scores are 9 and 36 points in the ‘Communication and Teamwork’ subscale, 9 and 45 points in the ‘Interprofessional Learning’ and ‘Interprofessional Interaction’ subscales, and 8 and 40 points in the ‘Interprofessional Relationships’ subscale