Table. 4.
Pretest-posttest of health education competency and clinical decision-making perception scale scores within the experimental and control groups.
| Variables | Experimental group (n = 42) |
% change | t-Test | Control group (n = 45) |
% change | t-Test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretest |
Posttest |
Pretest |
Posttest |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||||
| Assessment | 32.71 | 6.15 | 35.95 | 3.92 | 9.9 % | 3.489⁎⁎ | 33.16 | 6.22 | 33.82 | 5.15 | 2.0 % | −2.211⁎ |
| Planning | 28.83 | 5.31 | 29.71 | 4.58 | 3.1 % | 3.678⁎⁎ | 29.44 | 5.46 | 29.71 | 4.58 | 0.9 % | −1.127 |
| Implementation | 42.26 | 7.81 | 46.43 | 5.08 | 9.9 % | 3.434⁎⁎ | 43.46 | 8.26 | 44.20 | 7.18 | 1.7 % | −2.094⁎ |
| Evaluation | 24.71 | 4.71 | 27.10 | 3.33 | 9.7 % | 3.430⁎⁎ | 25.33 | 4.82 | 25.82 | 4.22 | 1.9 % | −1.857 |
| Total health education competency score | 128.52 | 23.21 | 141.52 | 14.79 | 10.1 % | 3.601⁎⁎ | 131.29 | 24.15 | 133.56 | 20.55 | 1.7 % | −2.006 |
| Finding new information | 16.69 | 2.71 | 17.55 | 2.22 | 5.2 % | −2.210⁎ | 16.89 | 2.72 | 16.96 | 2.34 | 0.4 % | −0.293 |
| Specifying goals and values | 47.81 | 5.12 | 50.21 | 4.74 | 5.0 % | −2.479⁎ | 48.24 | 5.35 | 47.96 | 5.20 | −0.6 % | 0.485 |
| Finding alternatives | 35.86 | 3.32 | 38.50 | 3.68 | 7.4 % | 3.544⁎⁎ | 36.22 | 3.20 | 37.42 | 3.10 | 3.3 % | −3.590⁎⁎ |
| Multiple evaluations of results | 33.00 | 4.12 | 35.48 | 3.40 | 7.5 % | 3.587⁎⁎ | 33.60 | 4.45 | 34.31 | 3.57 | 2.1 % | −1.794 |
| Total clinical decision-making perceptions score | 133.36 | 11.30 | 141.74 | 11.11 | 6.3 % | 3.726⁎⁎ | 134.96 | 11.85 | 136.64 | 9.59 | 1.2 % | −1.700 |
M = mean, SD = standard deviation.
⁎
<0.05.
⁎⁎
<0.01.