Table 2.
Characteristics of training participants and association with long-term knowledge test score.
| Participants' characteristics, number (%) or mean (SD) | Long-term knowledge survey results | Univariable analysis | Adjusted for training province | Multiple linear regression | ||||
| Meanscore (SD) | Coefficient (95% CI), % |
P value | Coefficient (95% CI), % |
P value | Coefficient (95% CI), % |
P value | ||
| Total participants | 91 (100) | 1.84 (0.89) | ||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 49 (53.8) | 1.76 (0.92) | Reference | – | Reference | – | ||
| Female | 42 (46.2) | 1.93 (0.84) | 0.17 (−0.20 to 0.54) |
0.354 | 0.06 (−0.30 to 0.42) |
0.746 | ||
| Age | ||||||||
| ≤39 | 29 (31.9) | 1.79 (0.81) | Reference | – | Reference | – | ||
| 40–49 | 40 (44.0) | 1.83 (0.96) | 0.03 (−0.40 to 0.47) |
0.884 | −0.15 (−0.58 to 0.28) |
0.489 | ||
| ≥50 | 22 (24.2) | 1.91 (0.81) | 0.12 (−0.39 to 0.62) |
0.647 | 0.05 (−0.43 to 0.53) |
0.843 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Clinical doctor | 66 (72.5) | 1.80 (0.88) | Reference | – | Reference | – | ||
| Nurse | 9 (9.9) | 1.67 (0.87) | −0.14 (−0.76 to 0.49) |
0.667 | −0.07 (−0.63 to 0.58) |
0.814 | ||
| CDC/hospital staff (non-clinical) | 16 (17.6) | 2.06 (0.93) | 0.26 (−0.23 to 0.75) |
0.297 | 0.07 (−0.42 to 0.56) |
0.782 | ||
| Years of clinical experience | ||||||||
| ≤7 | 23 (25.3) | 1.65 (0.88) | Reference | – | Reference | – | Reference | – |
| 8–15 | 29 (31.9) | 1.69 (1.00) | 0.04 (−0.44 to 0.52) |
0.877 | 0.04 (−0.42 to 0.51) |
0.853 | 0.07 (−0.40 to 0.53) |
0.775 |
| 16–23 | 11 (12.1) | 1.64 (0.50) | −0.01 (−0.64 to 0.61) |
0.96 | −0.13 (−0.75 to 0.48) |
0.668 | −0.17 (−0.77 to 0.44) |
0.587 |
| ≥24 | 18 (30.8) | 2.21 (0.78) | 0.56 (0.08 to 1.04) |
0.023 | 0.42 (−0.05 to 0.90) |
0.081 | 0.51 (0.02 to 0.99) |
0.041 |
| Training province | ||||||||
| Liaoning | 46 (50.5) | 2.11 (0.95) | Reference | – | Reference | – | ||
| Jiangxi | 45 (49.5) | 1.56 (0.72) | −0.55 (−0.91 to –0.20) |
0.002 | −0.50 (−0.85 to –0.14) |
0.007 | ||
| Highest education | ||||||||
| Junior college or secondary vocational degree | 16 (17.6) | 1.63 (0.96) | Reference | – | Reference | – | Reference | – |
| Master or bachelor’s degree | 75 (82.4) | 1.88 (0.87) | 0.26 (−0.23 to 0.74) |
0.298 | 0.25 (−0.21 to 0.71) |
0.283 | 0.40 (−0.07 to 0.86) |
0.092 |
| Attended other training | ||||||||
| No | 65 (71.4) | 1.77 (0.91) | Reference | – | Reference | – | Reference | – |
| Yes | 26 (28.6) | 2.00 (0.80) | 0.23 (−0.18 to 0.64) |
0.26 | 0.30 (−0.09 to 0.69) |
0.132 | 0.33 (−0.06 to 0.71) |
0.094 |