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Table 4 Average performance of professionals working in family health care in tests of knowledge about sickle cell disease, sorted according to whether they were aware of the presence of patients with sickle cell disease in their operational area according to the sections studied, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2010

From: Knowledge of family health program practitioners in Brazil about sickle cell disease: a descriptive, cross-sectional study

Section

Are there patients with sickle cell disease in your operational area?

 

Yes

No

Epidemiology

  

   Mean

6.11

5.40

   Standard Deviation

1.29

1.47

   p-value*

0.015

 

Clinical Manifestations

  

   Mean

9.23

8.17

   Standard Deviation

1.71

2.34

   p-value*

0.015

 

Management of children with sickle cell disease

  

   Mean

17.68

16.50

   Standard Deviation

2.10

3.00

   p-value*

0.031

 

Total hits

  

   Mean

33.05

30.08

   Standard Deviation

3.41

5.38

   p-value*

0.002

 
  1. * Student's T-test. The normal distribution of values was verified by the Kolmogorov Smirnov test.