Table III.

Pre–post effects of the geriatric education program on geriatric knowledge and attitudes toward older adults

	Geriatric knowledgea			Self-perceived geriatric knowledgeb			Attitudes toward older adults†c
Participants	Pre, mean (SD)	Post, mean (SD)	P-value	Pre, mean (SD)	Post, mean (SD)	P-value	Pre, mean (SD)	Post, mean (SD)	P-value
Radboudumc EPs (n = 13)	5.1 (1.6)	6.8 (1.2)	<0.01	41.8 (6.6)	54.0 (6.3)	<0.01	94.62 (8.7)	91.5 (12.9)	0.27
CWZ EPs (n = 8)	5.4 (1.7)	6.0 (0.9)	0.47	49.1 (6.4)	54.5 (5.2)	0.01	94.3 (12.0)	92.9 (11.9)	0.75

EP, emergency physician; CWZ, Canisius Wilhelmina hospital. Statistically significant values are in bold.

^aBased on multiple choice knowledge test (score range: 0–10).

^bNeeds Assessment Scale (score range: 18–90).

^cAging Semantic Differential (27–189).