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Table 3 Participants’ mean (standard deviation) knowledge of and confidence in each station at pre- and post- IMPROVE workshop, and mean change (95% confidence interval) from pre- to post-IMPROVE workshop (Australian workshops conducted from May 2012 to October 2014; International workshops conducted from November 2013 to May 2015)

From: Evaluation of an international educational programme for health care professionals on best practice in the management of a perinatal death: IMproving Perinatal mortality Review and Outcomes Via Education (IMPROVE)

 

Australian workshops (N = 622)

International workshops (N = 65)

Station

Pre-

Post-

Change

Significancea

Pre-

Post-

Change

Significancea

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (95% CI)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (95% CI)

 

1 - Communicating Perinatal autopsy

 

10.0 (2.4)

13.4 (1.4)

3.5 (3.3, 3.6)

<0.001

10.3 (2.3)

13.0 (1.4)

2.7 (2.2, 3.2)

<0.001

2 - Autopsy and placenta examination

 

9.3 (2.6)

13.2 (1.7)

4.0 (3.8, 4.1)

<0.001

9.5 (2.6)

12.7 (1.8)

3.2 (2.6, 3.9)

<0.001

3 – Investigation of Perinatal Deaths

 

8.5 (2.7)

13.2 (1. 6)

4.7 (4.5, 4.9)

<0.001

8.8 (2.7)

12.6 (1.7)

3.8 (3.2, 4.4)

<0.001

4 – Examination of baby

 

8. 7 (2.7)

13.3 (1.6)

4.6 (4.4, 4.8)

<0.001

9.3 (2.5)

13.1 (1.7)

3.7 (3.0, 4.5)

<0.001

5 – Audit and Classification

 

5.1 (1.9)

8.5 (1.1)

3.4 (3.3, 3.6)

<0.001

6.2 (2.0)

8.7 (1.1)

2.5 (1.9, 3.1)

<0.001

6 - Bereavement

 

7.0 (1.7)

8.8 (1.1)

1.8 (1.7, 2.0)

<0.001

7.2 (1.6)

8.9 (1.0)

1.7 (1.3, 2.1)

<0.001

Overall

48.4 (10. 7)

72.4 (7.2)

24.0 (23.2, 24.8)

<0.001

51.1 (10.4)

68.5 (6.8)

17.4 (14.6, 20.2)

<0.001

  1. aSignificance assessed using paired t-tests, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval