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. 2014 Jun 1;3(2):141–147. doi: 10.5681/jcs.2014.015

Table 2. Mean and standard deviation of scores of role play and lecturing groups in performing SBAR technique.

Variable Lecture group
(n= 38)
Mean (SD)
Role play
(n= 38)
Mean (SD)
95% CI * for difference P- value **
Situation 0.421 (0.50) 0.834 (0.37) -0.57 , -0.18 0.001
Background 0.328 (0.46) 0.725 (0.43) -0.60 , -0.19 0.001
Assessment 0.302 (0.42) 0.762 (0.39) -0.64 , -0.27 0.001
Recommendation 0.144 (0.32) 0.365 (0.49) -0.68 , -0.32 0.001
Total score 1.193 (1.11) 2.928 (1.20) -2.28 , -1.19 0.001

*Confidence Interval, **P- value is for independent t-test