Assessment of the effectiveness of a course in major chemical incidents for front line health care providers: a pilot study from Saudi Arabia

Table 2 Pre- and Post-Test Knowledge about Major Chemical Incidents

Domains	Mean	SD	Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test (Z)	P Value
Pre-test Domain 1 score	2.3529	0.84861	−4.739	0.000002^a
Post-test Domain 1 score	4.3235	1.00666	−4.739	0.000002^a
Pre-test Domain 2 score	2.6765	1.36450	−4.507	0.000007 ^a
Post-test Domain 2 score	4.8824	1.85480	−4.507	0.000007 ^a
Pre-test Domain 3 score	3.2059	1.24996	−3.801	0.000144 ^a
Post-test Domain 3 score	4.5882	1.41673	−3.801	0.000144 ^a
Pre-test Domain 4 score	2.1765	1.26660	−2.868	0.004125 ^a
Post-test Domain 4 score	2.9706	.96876	−2.868	0.004125 ^a
Overall Pre-test score	10.4118	3.06612	−4.891	0.000001 ^a
Overall Post-test score	16.7647	3.79840	−4.891	0.000001 ^a

^a: Statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05)
Key terms: Domain1(Threat Identification), Domain2(Health Effect of Chemical Agent),Domain3 (Response to Major Chemical Incident), Domain 4(The Basic Concepts in Protection and Safety)

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