Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants where demographic data are available.
| Indicator | All health care providers who provided background information (n=175) | Health care providers who reached the study’s primary end point (n=135) | |||||
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Control (n=103) | Experiment (n=72) | P valuea | Control (n=84) | Experiment (n=51) | P valueb | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 31.2 (8.26) | 29.4 (6.99) | .12 | 30.81 (8.42) | 29.18 (7.24) | .24 | |
| Experience (years), mean (SD) | 7.21 (7.05) | 6.44 (7.81) | .52 | 6.83 (6.66) | 6.46 (8.33) | .79 | |
| Sessions started, mean (SD) | 3.92 (3.02) | 4.22 (3.37) | .55 | 4.32 (3.00) | 5.35 (3.39) | .08 | |
| Clinical cadre, n (%) | |||||||
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Doctor | 37 (35.9) | 30 (42) | .33 | 31 (37) | 22 (43) | .24 |
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Clinical officer | 17 (16.5) | 10 (14) | .26 | 14 (17) | 5 (10) | .87 |
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Nurse | 40 (38.8) | 28 (39) | .82 | 31 (37) | 21 (41) | .31 |
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Other | 9 (8.7) | 4 (5) | .53 | 8 (9) | 3 (6) | .77 |
| Clinical training level (whether completed general/specialty training and professionally registered), n (%) | |||||||
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Specialized | 23 (22.3) | 11 (15) | .42 | 19 (23) | 6 (12) | .94 |
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General officer | 38 (36.9) | 29 (40) | .72 | 29 (35) | 21 (41) | .22 |
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Intern | 9 (8.7) | 7 (10) | .53 | 8 (9) | 6 (12) | .34 |
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Student | 33 (32.0) | 25 (35) | .32 | 28 (33) | 18 (35) | .41 |
| Done Emergency Triage, Assessment, and Treatment Plus admission care training?, n (%) | 60 (58.3) | 47 (65) | .28 | 49 (58) | 33 (65) | .23 | |
aP value from difference in means between study arms within progression category.
bP value from a difference in proportions test between study arms within progression category.