Table 1 |
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The change in child and adolescent psychiatry knowledge of paediatricians following the three day workshop. |
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| Item |
Pre workshop Mean (sd) |
Post workshop Mean (sd) |
Unadjusted difference Z value |
P Value |
Adjusted differencea β(SE) value |
P Value |
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| 1. When an adolescent says that he has been hearing people talk bad things about him
when no one is talking about him, when he is fully awake and conscious. What is this
phenomenology? |
0.40(0.49) |
0.57(0.50) |
-2.5 |
0.01 |
1.0(0.27) |
0.001 |
| 2. When an adolescent complaints to you about racing of thoughts, what psychiatric
disorder is this psychopathology suggestive of? |
0.37(0.49) |
0.53(0.50) |
-2.9 |
0.004 |
1.6(0.32) |
0.001 |
| 3. What is your medication of choice for depression among adolescents? |
0.28(0.45) |
0.52(0.50) |
-3.5 |
0.001 |
1.4(0.28) |
0.001 |
| 4. When an adolescent girl comes to you with weakness of her right hand and all the
lab investigations are normal and has significant stressful life events, what is her
possible psychiatric diagnosis? |
0.10(0.30) |
0.20(0.40) |
-1.7 |
0.08 |
1.3(0.29) |
0.001 |
| 5. What form of psychotherapy is cognitive therapy? |
0.18(0.39) |
0.22(0.41) |
-5.3 |
0.5 |
0.17(0.32) |
0.5 |
| Total score |
1.33(1.44) |
2.0(1.7) |
-4.0 |
0.001 |
1.7(0.36) |
0.001 |
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a = adjusted for level of training in paediatrics and number of years spent as paediatrician |
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Russell and Nair Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2010 9:3 doi:10.1186/1447-056X-9-3 |
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