TABLE 3.
Knowledge and practice items versus demographic items (n = 85).
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| B1. Which view(s) are regarded as an acute abdomen | 2.443 | 6 | 0.927 | 6.694 | 8 | 0.422 | 7.792 | 4 | 0.201 | 17.520 | 4 | 0.041* |
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| B2. Which views will be done for renal pathology | 6.781 | 6 | 0.338 | 10.501 | 8 | 0.230 | 9.132 | 4 | 0.085 | 4.723 | 4 | 0.329 |
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| B3. Which views will be done for a perforation | 2.368 | 6 | 0.912 | 6.600 | 8 | 0.506 | 46.468 | 4 | 0.002* | 7.242 | 4 | 0.148 |
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| B4. Which views will be done for constipation | 13.323 | 6 | 0.071 | 5.604 | 4 | 0.165 | 0.77 | 2 | 1.00 | 6.807 | 2 | 0.141 |
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| B5. Which views will be done for diarrhoea | 10.808 | 9 | 0.275 | 9.445 | 12 | 0.627 | 4.132 | 6 | 0.437 | 1.145 | 6 | 0.947 |
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| B6. Which views will be done for abdominal pain | 8.407 | 9 | 0.504 | 8.704 | 12 | 0.687 | 5.146 | 6 | 0.428 | 5.223 | 6 | 0.365 |
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| B7. Which views do you do for a stab chest | 13.403 | 9 | 0.126 | 12.286 | 12 | 0.307 | 6.145 | 6 | 0.336 | 1.189 | 6 | 1.000 |
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| B8. Which views will demonstrate a stab abdomen | 10.612 | 12 | 0.545 | 8.711 | 16 | 0.900 | 59.021 | 8 | 0.002* | 2.203 | 8 | 0.831 |
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| C1. I always read the history of the patient before I do the requested examination | 9.634 | 12 | 0.608 | 15.395 | 16 | 0.335 | 46.671 | 16 | 0.049* | 12.82 | 8 | 0.115 |
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| C2. Patients must be referred back to the doctor if no history is indicated | 9.384 | 12 | 0.633 | 13.447 | 16 | 0.531 | 47.530 | 16 | 0.009* | 12.271 | 8 | 0.121 |
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| C3. Doctors must be called in when forms are not filled in correctly | 14.114 | 12 | 0.283 | 15.991 | 16 | 0.340 | 64.983 | 16 | 0.001* | 17.615 | 8 | 0.039* |
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| C4. I perform additional views when pathology is noted | 5.306 | 12 | 0.961 | 12.470 | 16 | 0.585 | 21.383 | 16 | 0.108 | 5.681 | 8 | 0.387 |
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| C5. I follow incorrect protocols indicated on forms by doctors | 12.181 | 12 | 0.395 | 18.107 | 16 | 0.213 | 43.751 | 16 | 0.032* | 95.094 | 8 | 0.001* |
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| C6. Abdominal views to do when a patient is unable to stand | 12.843 | 9 | 0.168 | 6.116 | 12 | 0.884 | 36.780 | 12 | 0.001* | 2.292 | 6 | 0.788 |
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| C7. When doctors request incorrect projections, what would you do? | 5.252 | 9 | 0.829 | 9.349 | 12 | 0.602 | 85.566 | 12 | 0.000* | 5.168 | 6 | 0.379 |
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| C8. If a patient is stabbed in the left side of the abdomen, additional views you would do | 3.221 | 9 | 0.961 | 8.532 | 12 | 0.648 | 85.527 | 12 | 0.000* | 12.659 | 6 | 0.082 |
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| C9. Do you use/follow abdominal protocol after hours | 9.029 | 9 | 0.438 | 9.977 | 12 | 0.491 | 56.529 | 12 | 0.001* | 4.796 | 6 | 0.309 |
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†
, degree of freedom;
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, Significance (p < 0.05);
*
, indicates significance.