Table-II.
Knowledge comparison between academic staff who attended an evidence-based health care seminar and those who did not attenda,b
|
All
(N = 79) Mean (SD) |
Attended
(N = 46) Mean (SD) |
Did Not Attend
(N = 33) Mean (SD) |
P Value c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute risk | 3.47 (1.27) | 3.7 (1.15) | 3.15 (1.37) | .068 |
| Clinical effectiveness | 3.82 (1.13) | 4.07 (0.93) | 3.48 (1.3) | .033 |
| Clinical practice guidelines | 3.75 (1.09) | 3.91 (0.98) | 3.52 (1.2) | .124 |
| Coincidence bias | 2.61 (1.31) | 2.89 (1.3) | 2.21 (1.24) | .022 |
| Confidence interval | 3 (1.24) | 3.24 (1.16) | 2.67 (1.29) | .047 |
| Heterogeneity | 3.33 (1.3) | 3.57 (1.15) | 3 (1.44) | .066 |
| Inverse interval | 2.86 (1.15) | 3.09 (1.09) | 2.55 (1.18) | .041 |
| Meta-analysis | 3.06 (1.27) | 3.3 (1.24) | 2.73 (1.26) | .047 |
| Number needed to treat | 3.62 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.05) | 3.36 (1.14) | .084 |
| Odds ratio | 3.19 (1.33) | 3.3 (1.3) | 3.03 (1.38) | .376 |
| Publication bias | 3.35 (1.26) | 3.5 (1.3) | 3.15 (1.2) | .223 |
| Randomized controlled trial | 3.71 (1.19) | 4.07 (1.14) | 3.21 (1.08) | .001 |
| Relative risk | 3.54 (0.98) | 3.78 (0.89) | 3.21 (1.02) | .012 |
| Systematic review | 3.75 (1.08) | 4.17 (0.82) | 3.15 (1.12) | <.001 |
aScale: 5 = Understand and could explain to others; 1 = Never heard the term
bThe t test was used. cP<.05