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. 2021 Oct 15;21:121. doi: 10.1186/s12873-021-00509-0

Table 4.

Adherence to the domains of the ABCDE algorithm

Domains Percentage scores for domains of the ABCDE algorithm a
Overall CL VBI
Maximum score,
n (%)
Median score b
(%) (IQR)
Median score b
(%) (IQR)
Median score b
(%) (IQR)
p valueb
ABCDE 48 (100) 31.3 (14.6–49.0) 25.0 (12.5–43.8) 40.6 (24.5–53.1) 0.025
A: Airway 2 (100) 100.0 (50.0–100.0) 50.0 (0.00–100.0) 100.0 (50.0–100.0) 0.135
B: Breathing 20 (100) 35.0 (15.0–55.0) 25.0 (15.0–50.0) 47.5 (25.0–60.6) 0.023
C: Circulation 12 (100) 33.3 (16.7–62.5) 25.0 (8.30–50.0) 50.0 (33.3–66.7) 0.007
D: Disability 10 (100) 10.0 (0.00–20.0) 0.00 (0.00–10.0) 15.0 (0.00–20.0) 0.215
E: Exposure 4 (100) 0.00 (0.00–50.0) 0.00 (0.00–50.0) 25.0 (0.00–50.0) 0.114

CL conventional lecture, VBI video-based instruction

aAnalyses are based on the number of percentage scores

bAnalyzed using a non-parametric test (Mann-Whitney U) and displayed in median (IQR) due to the non-normal distribution of the percentage scores within the domains