Table 2.

Comparison of years of nursing experience and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours with overall knowledge score.

	Knowledge scores (mean ± SD)
	Working as a nurse	p-value	Working in a pediatric ward	p-value
≤5 years
• 0 CPE hours • ≤ 3 CPE hours	10.2 ± 1.48 9.8 ± 2.63	0.686	9.9 ± 1.60 9.9 ± 1.95	0.984
6-10 years
• 0 CPE hours • ≤ 3 CPE hours	9.7 ± 1.49 10.7 ± 1.38	0.199	9.9 ± 1.55 10.7 ± 1.38	0.155
≥11 years
• 0 CPE hours • ≤ 3 CPE hours	10.3 ± 1.74 11.0 ± 0.82	0.443	10.2 ± 1.92 11.0 (n = 1)	NA

SD = standard deviation. Student’s t-test was performed to compare the means of two independent groups. No nurses declared to have CPE > 3 hours.