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Table 3 Pediatricians’ knowledge scores* of the specific subject matters of child development and the special education systems

From: Failure of Israeli pediatric residency curricula to cover child development and special education issues: results of a national survey on levels of knowledge

 

Total score

Developmental milestones

Global developmental delay

Autism spectrum disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Referral to special education

Special education systems

Medical conditions associated with dev. delay

Total mean score

Total median score (IQR)

34.4 ± 20.5

32.1 (17.8–53.5)

36.9 ± 24.3

40.0 (16.0–60.0)

24.0 ± 27.8

20.0 (0.0–40.0)

31.4 ± 29.6

25.0 (0.0–50.0)

47.0 ± 41.7

50.0 (0.0–80.0)

39.6 ± 30.2

40.0 (20.0–60.0)

13.6 ± 19.4

0.0 (0.0-22.2)

67.7 ± 31.9

66.6 (33.3–100)

Sex

Male

Female

p-values

32.2 ± 19.7

36.0 ± 21.0

0.112

32.5 ± 22.7

40.1 ± 24.9

0.007

23.2 ± 27.4

24.6 ± 28.2

0.679

33.7 ± 30.1

29.8 ± 29.1

0.244

50.1 ± 44.3

44.9 ± 39.7

0.280

37.0 ± 29.5

41.4 ± 30.6

0.208

11.2 ± 17.4

15.3 ± 20.6

0.072

67.9 ± 31.1

67.5 ± 32.5

0.917

Seniority

Resident

Consultant

p-values

27.3 ± 16.6

39.7 ± 21.6

< 0.001

27.9 ± 21.7

43.7 ± 23.9

< 0.001

16.3 ± 23.8

29.8 ± 29.3

< 0.001

28.2 ± 28.4

35.7 ± 30.6

0.028

41.6 ± 33.8

51.1 ± 46.4

0.046

28.7 ± 26.3

47.7 ± 30.5

< 0.001

6.2 ± 12.6

19.2 ± 21.7

< 0.001

67.6 ± 26.5

67.7 ± 35.5

0.972

Current work setting

Hospital

Primary care

p-values

30.5 ± 17.6

41.2 ± 23.3

< 0.001

33.0 ± 22.6

43.7 ± 25.6

< 0.001

18.7 ± 24.8

33.1 ± 30.4

< 0.001

27.1 ± 27.3

33.9 ± 30.6

0.053

41.7 ± 35.8

56.3 ± 49.1

0.003

32.7 ± 28.3

51.4 ± 29.9

< 0.001

8.6 ± 15.4

22.2 ± 22.5

< 0.001

67.3 ± 30.1

68.4 ± 34.8

0.776

Pediatric subspecialty

Yes

No

p-values

41.1 ± 21.2

33.0 ± 20.1

0.007

47.2 ± 24.7

34.7 ± 23.6

< 0.001

28.9 ± 28.5

22.9 ± 27.6

0.149

30.8 ± 31.6

31.5 ± 29.2

0.857

49.6 ± 42.4

46.5 ± 41.6

0.615

44.6 ± 30.2

38.5 ± 30.2

0.170

18.6 ± 22.6

12.5 ± 18.5

0.034

70.8 ± 35.9

67.0 ± 31.0

0.424

Being a parent

Yes

No

p-values

38.3 ± 21.4

23.0 ± 11.6

< 0.001

42.6 ± 24.3

20.2 ± 14.9

< 0.001

29.5 ± 29.2

7.6 ± 13.7

< 0.001

28.9 ± 29.1

38.7 ± 29.7

0.011

48.3 ± 44.9

43.3 ± 30.1

0.358

44.4 ± 30.8

25.1 ± 23.1

< 0.001

16.7 ± 20.6

4.4 ± 10.9

< 0.001

67.0 ± 34.3

69.6 ± 23.5

0.541

Developmental conditions in family

Yes

No

p-values

41.5 ± 24.1

32.4 ± 18.9

0.001

45.5 ± 25.9

34.5 ± 23.3

0.001

32.1 ± 31.2

21.7 ± 26.4

0.006

32.6 ± 31.8

31.1 ± 28.9

0.713

52.4 ± 45.1

45.5 ± 40.6

0.226

48.4 ± 32.2

37.0 ± 29.2

0.006

20.6 ± 23.0

11.6 ± 17.8

0.001

68.1 ± 36.7

67.6 ± 30.4

0.912

  1. *Scores are presented means and standard deviations of percentages unless mentioned otherwise. Bold indicates significant
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