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. 2020 Oct 2;20:339. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02253-8

Table 3.

Group Analysis according to the percentage of correct answersa

Groupsa Total p-value
Group 1 (Bad) Group 2 (Poor) Group 3 (Good) Group 4 (Excelent)
Age
 Mean (SD) 26.7 (4.6) 26.5 (2,7) 26.7 (2.5) 26.8 (2.7) 26.6 (2.7) 0.2
Graduation Medical School
 Private 45 (67.2%) 529 (52.7%) 440 (43.9%) 41 (28.5%) 1055 (47.6%) < 0.0001
 Public 22 (32.8%) 474 (47.3%) 562 (56.1%) 103 (71.5%) 1161 (52.4%)
Prior Medical Residency
 Yes 8 (11.9%) 257 (25.5%) 478 (47.6%) 115 (79.3%) 858 (38.6%) < 0.0001
 No 59 (88.1%) 749 (74.5%) 527 (52.4%) 30 (20.7%) 1365 (61.4%)
Medical Specialty
 Internal Medicine 2 (28.6%) 69 (27.4%) 300 (63.3%) 104 (92%) 475 (56.1%) < 0.0001
 Surgery 3 (42.9%) 102 (40.5%) 101 (21.3%) 7 (6.2%) 213 (25.2%)
 Pediatrics 2 (28.6%) 81 (32.1%) 71 (15%) 2 (1.8%) 156 (18.4%)
 Others 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.2%)
Prior training in Palliative Care?
 Yes 24 (35.8%) 479 (47.7%) 577 (57.4%) 114 (79.2%) 1194 (53.8%) < 0.0001
 No 43 (64.2%) 525 (52.3%) 428 (42.6%) 30 (20.8%) 1026 (46.2%)
Do you have interest in learning more?
 Yes 59 (89.4%) 939 (93.5%) 959 (95.6%) 140 (97.2%) 2097 (94.6%) 0.0213
 No 7 (10.6%) 65 (6.5%) 44 (4.4%) 4 (2.8%) 120 (5.4%)
Do you fell prepared to care for dying patients?
 Yes 6 (9.1%) 173 (17.2%) 240 (24%) 85 (59%) 504 (22.8%) < 0.0001
 No 60 (90.9%) 830 (82.8%) 759 (76%) 59 (41%) 1708 (77.2%)
Did you have prior experience with dying patients?
 Yes 39 (58.2%) 708 (70.3%) 761 (75.6%) 131 (90.3%) 1639 (73.7%) < 0.0001
 No 28 (41.8%) 299 (29.7%) 245 (24.4%) 14 (9.7%) 586 (26.3%)

aPercentage of correct answers: Group1 (excellent) 76–100%, Group 2 (Good) 51–75%, Group 3 (Poor) 26–50%, Group 4 (Bad) 0–25%