Laryngeal Mask Airway for neonatal resuscitation in a developing country: evaluation of an educational intervention. Neonatal LMA: an educational intervention in DRC

Table 2 "Improvement", defined as the difference between the pre- and post-test scores.

Neonatal LMA		Improvement n.	McNemar Test^§	Improvement *%	Fisher test*
Features	Physicians	50	p < 0.0001	35.2	p < 0.72
	Midwifes	18	p < 0.0001	40.9
Advantages over the face mask	Physicians	35	p < 0.0001	32.7	p < 0.02
	Midwifes	21	p < 0.0001	55.3
Advantages over the tracheal tube	Physicians	43	p < 0.0001	53.1	p < 0.08
	Midwifes	16	p < 0.0001	76.2
Disadvantages	Physicians	15	p < 0.0001	27.3	p < 0.26
	Midwifes	8	p = 0.08	42.1
Potential applications	Physicians	30	p < 0.0001	54.5	p < 0.006
	Midwifes	14	p = 0.001	93.3

Facial mask, FM; tracheal tube, TT
^§ Improvement (n) = a pre-test wrong answer coupled with a post-test correct answer by McNemar's test. *Improvement (%) = improvement number over pre-test wrong answer number ratio by Fischer's test. p value (p < 0.05).

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