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. 2020 Mar 31;20:98. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02002-x

Table 5.

Number of students confident to perform examination without supervision

Physical Examination Male n (%) Female n (%) OR (CI) P value
 Cardiovascular 69 (69.7) 57 (64) 1.29 (0.70–2.38) 0.410
 Abdominal 83 (83.8) 79 (88.8) 0.66 (0.28–1.53) 0.329
 Respiratory 77 (77.8) 74 (83.1) 0.71 (0.34–1.47) 0.355
 Thyroid 73 (73.7) 64 (71.9) 1.10 (0.58–2.09) 0.778
 Neurological 53 (53.5) 36 (40.4) 1.70 (0.95–3.03) 0.073
Intimate Physical Examination
 Male Genitalia Examination 33 (33.3) 6 (6.7) 6.92 (2.74–17.50) < 0.001
 Digital Rectal Examination 19 (19.2) 7 (7.9) 2.78 (1.11–7.00) 0.025
 Foley’s Catheter Insertion 13 (13.1) 3 (3.4) 4.33 (1.19–15.75) 0.019
 Breast Examination 20 (20.2) 51 (57.3) 0.19 (0.10–0.36) < 0.001
 Vaginal Examination 7 (7) 6 (6.7) 1.05 (0.34–3.26) 0.929
 Pap Smear 5 (5) 3 (3.3) 1.53 (0.35–6.57) 0.724*
 Contraception Counselling 49 (49.5) 37 (41.6) 1.38 (0.77–2.45) 0.276

(*) used for values derived with Fisher’s exact test. Fisher’s exact test used when a cell in the table gave an expected number of frequency fewer than 5. P values of < 0.05 written in bold