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. 2020 Dec 21;15(12):e0244190. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244190

Table 1. EBP domain scores, change, p values and effect sizes for participants at completion of entry level training and after one year in the workforce (n = 50)*.

EBP domain Timepoint 1 mean (SD) Timepoint 2 mean (SD) Change (95% CI) Raw p values Effect size (ES)
Relevance n = 49 (max. score 70) 64.9 (4.4) 60.9 (5.4) 4.0 (2.4 to 5.7) p<0.001 ES 0.69↓
Terminology n = 49 (max. score 85) 66.6 (9.1) 64.2 (11.0) 2.4 (-0.0 to 4.8) p = 0.055 ES 0.28↓
Confidence n = 49 (max. score 55) 44.6 (6.0) 40.9 (7.4) 3.7 (1.8 to 5.5) p<0.001 ES 0.57↓
Practice n = 50 (max. score 45) 26.9 (5.6) 25.5 (5.6) 1.4 (-0.35 to 3.3) p = 0.11 ES 0.23↓
Sympathy n = 48 (max. score 35) 24.0 (3.5) 23.7 (3.0) 0.3 (0.80 to 1.4) p = 0.59 ES 0.08↓
Actual Knowledge n = 49 (max. score 12) 8.9 (1.8) 8.7 (1.2) 0.2 (-0.35 to 0.81) p = 0.43 ES = 0.11↓

*Complete data was not provided for all domains by the 50 participants; Timepoint 1: completion of entry-level training; Timepoint 2: one year in the workforce; Bolded p values are statistically significant (p<0.05)