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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the three scales “interprofessional error communication”, “patient-centeredness” and “teamwork, roles and responsibilities”

From: Interprofessional communication skills training to improve medical students’ and nursing trainees’ error communication - quasi-experimental pilot study

  

T0

T1

 

p-Valuea

  

N

Mean

SD

Median

IR

IG vs. CG

p-Valueb

N

Mean

SD

Median

IR

IG vs. CG

p-Valueb

Cronbachs Alpha

T0 vs. T1

Interprofessional error communication

IG

71

2.67

0.95

2.75

3.87–4.00

 

86

3.35

0.69

3.50

3.00–4.00

  

< 0.001

CG

80

2.60

0.89

2.50

2.00–3.35

 

122

2.91

0.85

3.00

2.50–3.50

  

0.001

Total

151

2.63

0.92

  

0.508

208

3.09

0.82

  

< 0.001

0.910

 

Patient-centeredness

IG

71

3.90

0.26

4.00

3.87–4.00

 

86

3.91

0.15

4.00

3.87–4.00

  

0.527

CG

80

3.87

0.22

4.00

3.87–4.00

 

122

3.88

0.28

4.00

3.87–4.00

  

0.137

Total

151

3.88

0.24

  

0.125

208

3.89

0.23

  

0.765

0.795

 

Teamwork, roles, and responsibilities

IG

72

3.17

0.64

3.33

2.77–3.66

 

86

3.42

0.50

3.55

3.22–3.77

  

< 0.001

CG

81

3.07

0.65

3.22

2.72–3.55

 

122

3.23

0.58

3.23

2.88–3.69

  

0.091

Total

153

3.12

0.64

  

0.271

208

3.31

0.56

  

0.012

0.848

 
  1. Note: Descriptive statistics at T0 (pre training) and T1 (post training) between IG and CG and results of Wilcoxon-Test and Mann-Whitney-U-Test across the two timepoints and IG and CG for each scale
  2. Note: Standard deviation (SD), Interquartile range (IR)
  3. a Wilcoxon-Test
  4. b Mann-Whitney-U-Test
  5. Significance level p < .05; bold text: significant differences