Table 2 Retention in knowledge and competence scores of mid-level providers in intervention and control study arms
Period | Mean change in KNOWLEDGE scores | Mean change in clinical competence scores | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | p-value** | Intervention | Control | p-value | |
Baseline to End of intervention: | 13.4 (7.2, 19.6) | − 1.1 (− 3.5, 1.3) | < 0.001 | 27.8 (21.1, 34.5) | 0.8 (− 3.4, 5.0) | < 0.001 |
Time 0 to Time 1, (95% CI*) | ||||||
Baseline to 6-month follow-up: | 14.2 (8.3, 19.6) | 5.5 (2.8, 8.2) | 0.037 | 30.6 (25.7, 35.6) | 6.6 (1.2, 12.0) | < 0.001 |
Time 0 to Time 2, (95% CI) | ||||||
Baseline to 12-month follow-up: | 10.8 (5.0, 16.2) | 6.8 (4.0, 9.7) | 0.352 | 30.0 (25.5, 34.6) | 11.7 (6.8, 16.6) | < 0.001 |
Time 0 to Time 3, (95% CI) | ||||||
End of intervention to 6-month follow-up: | 0.6 (− 1.4, 2.5) | 6.6 (4.4, 8.9) | 0.102 | 2.8 (− 1.8, 7.5) | 5.8 (1.2, 10.3) | 0.476 |
Time 1 to Time 2, (95% CI) | ||||||
End of intervention to 12-month follow up: | − 2.8 (− 5.9, 0.3) | 7.9 (5.4, 10.5) | 0.004 | 3.7 (− 2.4, 9.8) | 11.5 (7.6, 15.5) | 0.056 |
Time 1 to Time 3, (95% CI) | ||||||