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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Impact of a large-scale educational intervention program on venous blood specimen collection practices

Background data

IG (n = 84)

CG (n = 79)

p

Sex

   

  Female n

79

79

0.059*

  Male n

5

0

 

Professional status

   

  Registered nurses n

26

50

<0.001*

  Enrolled nurses n

56

28

 

  Biomedical technician n

2

1

 

Age (Year)

   

  Age Md (Q1; Q3)

55 (49; 60)

56 (49; 62)

0.604″

  Range

28-65

38-70

 

Numbers of years employed at the job site

   

  Md (Q1; Q3)

11 (7; 27)

11 (5; 20)

0.045″

  Range

0-37

0-38

 

How often do you perform VBSC

   

  Every day n

61

44

0.028*

  Every week n

19

33

 

  Every month or less n

4

2

 
  1. IG = Intervention group, CG = Control group, p = differences at baseline between IG and CG, * = Chi-square Test, ″ = Mann–Whitney U Test.
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