Comparison of a dichotomous versus trichotomous checklist for neonatal intubation

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Table 3 Checklist sum scores vs. number of clinical intubations

	Sum score on Procedural Skills Checklist^a
	Dichotomous		Trichotomous
	Mean	p-value*	Mean	p-value
Number of successful clinical intubations		< 0.001		0.002
0	6.3 ± 2.3		16.1 ± 5.1
1–29	10.0 ± 3.2		22.2 ± 5.1
30–100	13.8 ± 1.6		27.9 ± 2.9
≥ 100	10.5 ± 2.9		22.4 ± 4.9

^aHighest possible score for dichotomous checklist is 18 and highest possible score for trichotomous checklist is 36. *p-values calculated with one-way ANOVA

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