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Table 2 Change of knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students toward child maltreatment during internship course

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding child maltreatment amongst Iranian medical students through internship course: an 18-month longitudinal study

 

Start of internship course

End of internship course

P-Value

Mean

Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

Knowledge

Prevention

12.65

2.48

13.38

2.05

0.001

Diagnosis

18.97

3.5

19.1

2.94

0.45

Treatment

1.55

0.57

1.59

0.56

0.41

Reporting

3.89

1.95

3.74

0.76

0.89

Attitude

Prevention

5.96

0.93

5.84

0.82

0.1

Diagnosis

10.22

1.47

9.83

1.34

0.001

Treatment

1.73

0.28

1.7

0.26

0.26

Reporting

4.5

1.93

3.84

1.56

 < 0.001

Practice

Prevention

0.15

0.4

0.3

0.46

 < 0.001

Diagnosis

0.33

0.66

0.38

0.5

0.08

Treatment

0.15

0.77

0.17

0.31

0.07

Reporting

0.29

0.64

0.27

0.47

1

General

0.68

1.06

1.12

1.08

 < 0.001