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Table 2 The influence of personal background on knowledge of transfusion medicine

From: Physicians’ lack of knowledge - a possible reason for red blood cell transfusion overuse?

Variable

Overall score

(0–100)

Familiarity with the restrictive blood management discipline score (0–100)

Indications for transfusion score

(0–100)

Mean ± SD

(IQR)

P-value

(2-sided)

Mean ± SD

(IQR)

P-value

(2-sided)

Mean ± SD

(IQR)

P-value (2-sided)

Age (Years)

25–34

43.8 ± 15.5

(29.1–54.1)

0.05b

43.3 ± 27.8

(20.0–65.0)

0.1b

49.4 ± 22.6

(33.3–66.6)

0.3b

35–44

46.0 ± 21.0

(37.5–58.3)

51.7 ± 30.0

(25.0–80.0)

38.2 ± 27.4

(16.6–58.3)

45+

55.0 ± 17.4

(41.6–68.7)

58.8 ± 24.5

(40.0–80.0)

44.6 ± 24.8

(16.6–66.6)

Professional status

Senior physicians

54.1 ± 19.5

(41.6–69.7)

0.01a

61.2 ± 26.6

(42.5–80.0)

0.003a

43.2 ± 26.3

(16.6–66.6)

0.75a

Residents

43.4 ± 16.7

(29.1–54.1)

42.3 ± 26.7

(20.0–60.0)

45.0 ± 24.5

(33.3–66.6)

Place of graduation

Israel graduates

50.4 ± 18.9

(37.5–66.6)

0.73a

54.2 ± 28.5

(30.0–80.0)

0.62a

51.7 ± 17.4

(33.3–66.6)

0.2c

Non-Israel graduates

48.7 ± 18.0

(33.3–58.3)

50.4 ± 28.6

(30.0–80.0)

44.3 ± 27.6

(16.6–66.6)

Field of specialty

Internal medicine

55.5 ± 20.0

(33.3–71.8)

0.002a

60.5 ± 30.3

(30.0–90.0)

0.03a

49.5 ± 26.7

(29.1–70.8)

0.12a

Surgical

41.8 ± 15.3

(33.3–50.8)

41.3 ± 23.4

(22.5–60.0)

40.5 ± 23.6

(33.3–50.0)

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aIndependent sample t-test; bAnova; cWilcoxon rank sum test