Table 2.
Characteristics of subjects who did and did not complete the six months skills assessment
| Did not complete the assessment (n=942) |
Six month skills assessment (n=522) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean±(SD) | 51±15 | 52±14 | 0.60 |
| Race, n(%) | |||
| White | 536 (57) | 285 (55) | <0.01 |
| Black | 297 (32) | 197 (38) | |
| Other | 101 (11) | 35 (7) | |
| Gender, n(%) | |||
| Female | 672 (73) | 389 (75) | 0.33 |
| Male | 252 (27) | 129 (25) | |
| Relationship, n(%) | |||
| Spouse | 313 (34) | 192 (37) | 0.37 |
| Immediate Family | 434 (47) | 224 (43) | |
| Other | 177 (19) | 101 (20) | |
| Education, n(%) | |||
| High School | 371 (40) | 178 (34) | 0.12 |
| Some College | 217 (23) | 129 (25) | |
| College | 237 (25) | 138 (26) | |
| Graduate School | 107 (12) | 76 (15) | |
| Previous Training, n(%) | |||
| Never | 486 (52) | 243 (47) | 0.23 |
| <2 years | 61 (6) | 46 (9) | |
| 2–5 years | 110 (12) | 65 (12) | |
| 6–10 years | 82 (9) | 55 (11) | |
| >10 years | 197 (21) | 111 (21) | |
| Hospital, n(%) | |||
| A | 272 (29) | 118 (23) | 0.01 |
| B | 184 (20) | 135 (26) | |
| C | 118 (12) | 60 (11) | |
| D | 79 (8) | 39 (7) | |
| E | 157 (17) | 78 (15) | |
| F | 39 (4) | 26 (5) | |
| G | 69 (7) | 56 (11) | |
| H | 24 (3) | 10 (2) | |
| Mode of teaching, n(%) | |||
| VSI Kit | 458 (49) | 237 (45) | 0.24 |
| Video-only | 484 (51) | 285 (55) |
Hospitals: A=Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, B=Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, C=Pennsylvania Hospital, D=Crozer-Chester Medical Center, E=Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, F=Temple University Hospital, G=Chester County Hospital, H=Taylor Hospital; VSI Kit=Video self-instruction kit; Missing variables: Age-47, Race-13, Gender-22, Relationship-23, Education-11, Previous Training-12; p-values represent a t-test for continuous variables and a chi-squared test for categorical variables.