Table 1.
Characteristics of HCPs between the intervention and control groups, n (%).
| Characteristics | Preintervention |
Postintervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 524) | Control (n = 287) |
p value1 | Intervention (n = 596) | Control (n = 335) | p value1 | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 38.9 (7.9) | 39.1 (8.4) | 0.825 | 37.4 (7.9) | 39.8 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| Years of practice (SD) | 12.5 (8.3) | 12.8 (8.1) | 0.604 | 9.8 (6.8) | 9.6 (6.9) | 0.737 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Women | 292 (55.7) | 181 (63.1) | 339 (56.9) | 168 (50.1) | ||
| Men | 203 (38.7) | 94 (32.8) | 0.122 | 232 (38.9) | 156 (46.6) | 0.072 |
| Unknown | 29 (5.5) | 12 (4.2) | 25 (4.2) | 11 (3.3) | ||
| Type of HCP | ||||||
| Doctors | 238 (45.4) | 135 (47.0) | 0.938 | 281 (47.1) | 165 (49.4) | 0.005 |
| Nurses | 224 (42.7) | 119 (41.5) | 270 (45.3) | 131 (39.2) | ||
| Pharmacists | 53 (10.1) | 27 (9.4) | 31 (5.2) | 35 (10.5) | ||
| Unknown | 9 (1.7) | 6 (2.1) | 14 (2.3) | 3 (0.9) | ||
1
p value from Pearson chi-square test.
Bold numerals indicate significance.
HCP, healthcare professional; SD, standard deviation.