Table 7 Participants' capacity before and after taking Course Four: Mental and Physical Health (n = 716)
Variables a | Before | Immediately after | Pb | Zc | Effect size (r) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||||
I feel confident addressing misinformation about COVID-19 with patients, colleagues and community members |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 | − 20.4 | − 0.53 |
 Strongly disagree or disagree | 69 | (9.6) | 0 | (0.0) |  |  |  |
 Neither disagree nor agree | 75 | (10.5) | 0 | (0.0) |  |  |  |
 Agree or strongly agree | 566 | (79.1) | 711 | (99.3) |  |  |  |
 Missing | 6 | (0.8) | 5 | (0.7) |  |  |  |
I am able to communicate effectively to support an individual who is experiencing negative impacts of COVID-19 |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 | − 22.3 | − 0.33 |
 Strongly disagree or disagree | 47 | (6.6) | 2 | (0.3) |  |  |  |
 Neither disagree nor agree | 61 | (8.5) | 1 | (0.1) |  |  |  |
 Agree or strongly agree | 603 | (84.2) | 707 | (98.7) |  |  |  |
 Missing | 5 | (0.7) | 6 | (0.8) |  |  |  |
I would recommend the COVID- 19 vaccine to patients and colleagues if it was available |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 | − 20.8 | − 0.45 |
 Strongly disagree or disagree | 29 | (4.1) | 3 | (0.4) |  |  |  |
 Neither disagree nor agree | 52 | (7.3) | 2 | (0.3) |  |  |  |
 Agree or strongly agree | 629 | (87.8) | 706 | (98.6) |  |  |  |
 Missing | 6 | (0.8) | 5 | (0.7) |  |  |  |
I feel comfortable taking an online CPD |  |  |  |  |  < 0.01 | − 21.7 | − 0.38 |
 Strongly disagree or disagree | 105 | (14.7) | 1 | (0.1) |  |  |  |
 Neither disagree nor agree | 129 | (18.0) | 4 | (0.6) |  |  |  |
 Agree or strongly agree | 477 | (66.6) | 703 | (98.2) |  |  |  |
 Missing | 5 | (0.7) | 8 | (1.1) |  |  |  |
Knowledge (mean score ± SD) d | 66.4 ± 15.8 | 78.9 ± 15.7 |  < 0.01 | − 36.1 | − 0.51 | ||