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. 2024 Nov 22;24:1350. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06361-7

Table 4.

Sub-analysis of TTT achieved among participants in Blue Phantom and NeedleTrainer group

Blue Phantom NeedleTrainer
TTT (sec) p- Value Post-hoc p-valuec TTT (sec) p- Value Post-hoc p-valuec
Gender 0.425a NA 0.820a NA
 Male 14 [8–21] 8 [6–9]
 Female 16 [8–26] 7 [5–12]
Age 0.018b  ≤ 30—≥ 36 (0.016) 0.028b  ≤ 30—≥ 36 (0.038)
 ≤ 30 23[18–29] 10 [7–22]
 31–35 15 [8–24] 7 [5–9]
 ≥ 36 11 [8–15] 6 [4–10]
Designation 0.056b NA 0.225b NA
 Specialist 13 [8–19] 6 [4–7]
 Masters Trainee 9 [8–16] 8 [5–11]
 Medical Officer 21 [12–26] 8 [6–12]
Anaesthetic experience 0.051b NA 0.756b NA
 < 5 19 [12–24] 8 [6–11]
 5–10 12 [8–21] 7 [5–9]
 > 10 8 [8–11] 7 [4–12]
Frequency of performing RA 0.128b NA 0.262b NA
 Once a week 11 [7–14] 6 [5–8]
 Once a month 17 [8–26] 8 [5–12]
 Once a year 23 [8–38] 8 [6–36]
 Never 18 [14–21] 7 [6–9]

aMann–Whitney Test, b Independent Kruskal Wallis Test, c post-hoc significance values adjusted by the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests