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Table 2 Residents’ subjective understanding and confidence in initiating treatment of competency items related to psychiatry

From: Subjective achievement from psychiatry rotation in the Japanese postgraduate residency system: a longitudinal questionnaire study

psychiatry-related competency items

Subjective understanding

Confidence in initiating treatment

Pre-rotation

Post-rotation

p-value

Cohen’s d

Pre-rotation

Post-rotation

p-value

Cohen’s d

Dependence

2.35

2.89

< 0.001**

0.54

1.84

2.45

< 0.001**

0.66

Mood disorder

2.55

3.36

< 0.001**

0.88

2.01

2.89

< 0.001**

0.95

Agitation and delirium

2.61

3.74

< 0.001**

1.21

2.07

3.37

< 0.001**

1.33

Disorder of growth and development

2.14

2.54

< 0.001**

0.40

1.70

2.12

< 0.001**

0.45

Schizophrenia

2.46

3.31

< 0.001**

1.07

1.68

2.73

< 0.001**

1.14

Dementia

2.92

3.43

< 0.001**

1.05

2.37

3.02

< 0.001**

0.64

Insomnia

2.78

3.76

< 0.001**

1.06

2.41

3.48

< 0.001**

0.95

Memory deficit

2.68

3.27

< 0.001**

0.96

2.20

2.91

< 0.001**

0.80

Depression

2.52

3.40

< 0.001**

0.90

1.95

2.98

< 0.001**

1.20

  1. 6-point Likert scale from 1 (low) to 6 (high)
  2. **: p < 0.01