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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Dec 24;39(6):1143–1153. doi: 10.1002/jum.15199

Table 3.

Characteristics of Participants and Univariate Analysis.

Factor Overall Non-tertiary Tertiary P value*
N Mean/N (STD/%) N Mean/N (STD/%) N Mean/N (STD/%)
Female 68 25 (36.76%) 24 7 (29.17%) 44 18 (40.91%) 0.34
Experience (years) 103 21.60 ± 10.27 32 21.03 ± 10.23 50 22.34 ± 9.84 0.56
Volume (obstetric scans/week) 102 35.27 ± 28.29 32 14.47 ± 10.37 50 49.84 ± 27.73 <0.001
Age (years) 67 55.94 ± 9.51 24 54.79 ± 8.30 43 56.58 ± 10.16 0.46
Additional training in cardiac 71 48 (67.61%) 25 13 (52.00%) 46 35 (76.09%) 0.038
Feedback 93 4.44 ± 0.83 32 4.13 ± 1.05 50 4.66 ± 0.58 0.005
Facilitating conditions 93 4.28 ± 0.88 32 3.81 ± 0.98 50 4.58 ± 0.68 <0.001
Self-efficacy 4Cr 94 3.98 ± 0.65 32 3.68 ± 0.67 50 4.18 ± 0.54 <0.001
Self-efficacy outflow 94 3.62 ± 0.90 32 3.15 ± 0.93 50 3.98 ± 0.71 <0.001
Outcome expectancy 4C 95 4.56 ± 0.76 32 4.36 ± 0.90 50 4.65 ± 0.71 0.11
Outcome expectancy outflow 95 4.59 ± 0.75 32 4.25 ± 0.88 50 4.73 ± 0.68 0.007
Perceived ease of use 4C 95 4.39 ± 0.86 32 4.00 ± 0.91 50 4.63 ± 0.78 0.001
Perceived ease of use outflow 95 4.20 ± 0.83 32 3.78 ± 0.90 50 4.48 ± 0.73 <0.001
Knowledge 71 0.50 ± 0.26 25 0.37 ± 0.24 46 0.58 ± 0.25 <0.001
Outcomes
Time to interpret 4C images (min) 82 2.78 ± 2.89 32 3.25 ± 3.65 50 2.48 ± 2.27 0.24
Time to interpret outflow images (min) 81 3.57 ± 3.27 31 3.74 ± 3.90 50 3.47 ± 2.86 0.72
Overall accuracy (%) 82 0.67 ± 0.14 32 0.62 ± 0.13 50 0.70 ± 0.15 0.02
Accuracy 4C (%) 82 0.71 ± 0.18 32 0.66 ± 0.16 50 0.75 ± 0.19 0.02
Accuracy outflow (%) 72 0.61 ± 0.15 26 0.59 ± 0.17 46 0.63 ± 0.14 0.32
Accuracy adequate (%) 82 0.59 ± 0.16 32 0.55 ± 0.15 50 0.61 ± 0.17 0.12
Accuracy normal (%) 80 0.76 ± 0.18 30 0.70 ± 0.19 50 0.79 ± 0.17 0.04
*

Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous measures and frequency (percentage) for categorical measures. Comparisons between non-tertiary and tertiary use Chi-square test for the categorical variables and T-test for continues variables 4C – four chamber