. 2017 Jan 3;10:4. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-2343-5

Table 3.

Difference in scores among selected subgroups of community pharmacists before (pre-test), immediately after (post-test) and six weeks following (retention) an educational intervention

Characteristics	Pre-test median (interquartile range)	Post-test median (interquartile range)	p value^Δ	Pre-test median (interquartile range)	Retention median (interquartile range)	p value^Δ	Post-test median (interquartile range)	Retention median (interquartile range)	p value^Δ
Overall score
Gender
Male	81 (75–83)	89 (85–92)	<0.0	81 (75–83)	80 (77–83)	1.000	89 (85–92)	80 (77–83)	<0.001
Female	80 (75–83)	91.5 (81–93)	<0.001	80 (75–83)	80 (75–82)	0.769	91.5 (81–93)	80 (75–82)	<0.001
Location
Rural	80 (75–93)	90 (87–92.75)	<0.001	80 (75–93)	81 (79–93)	0.168	90 (87–92.75)	81 (79–93)	<0.001
Urban	82 (76–86)	89 (85–92)	<0.001	82 (76–86)	80 (75–93)	0.267	89 (85–92)	80 (75–93)	<0.001
Knowledge score
Gender
Male	39 (37–40)	44 (41–47)	<0.001	39 (37–40)	46 (42–48)	<0.001	44 (41–47)	46 (42–48)	0.097
Female	39 (37–42)	44 (43–45)	<0.001	39 (37–42)	45 (39–47)	<0.001	44 (43–45)	45 (39–47)	0.837
Location
Rural	39 (44–46)	44 (44–44)	<0.001	39 (44–46)	46 (43–47)	<0.001	44 (44–44)	46 (43–47)	0.206
Urban	38 (33–46)	43 (43–44)	<0.002	38 (33–46)	46 (42–47)	<0.001	43 (43–44)	46 (42–47)	0.761
Attitude score
Gender
Male	43 (37–44)	44 (43–47)	0.012	43 (37–44)	35 (31–37)	0.003	44 (43–47)	35 (31–37)	<0.001
Female	41 (35–44)	46 (44–48)	<0.001	41 (35–44)	35 (31–37)	<0.001	46 (44–48)	35 (31–37)	<0.001
Location
Rural	41 (35–44)	45 (43–47)	<0.001	41 (35–44)	35 (31–38)	<0.001	45 (43–47)	35 (31–38)	<0.001
Urban	43 (38–44)	45 (43–48)	0.039	43 (38–44)	34 (31–37)	<0.001	45 (43–48)	34 (31–37)	<0.001

^ΔWilcoxon Signed rank test