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Table 2 Percentage of residents with a passing score before and after the educational intervention and 95% confidence interval of the difference

From: Effectiveness of a short-course in improving knowledge and skills on evidence-based practice

 

Before

After

CI 95%

Q1 Formulate Question

22.9

28.3

-2.1-13.1

Q2 Sources of information

12.3

22.3

3.3-16.1

Q3 Search

04.8

22.6

12.0-23.6

Q4 Study Design

22.9

37.7

6.7-22.5

Q5 Relevance

14.4

23.9

2.7-16.3

Q6 Internal validity

28.2

38.2

2.1-18.4

Q7 Magnitude of effect

1.6

14.5

8.4-17.7

Q8 Sensitivity

42.2

82.3

32.2-47.6

   Specificity

34.0

78.5

36.9-52.4

   Positive Predictive Value

32.6

81.5

41.5-56.5

   Negative Predictive Value

25.9

79.9

46.4-61.1

   Positive Likelihood Ratio

8.2

47.8

32.5-46.6

Q9 Absolute Risk Reduction

21.3

81.0

52.7-66.7

   Relative Risk Reduction

06.5

63.9

52.1-64.3

   Number Needed to Treat

10.6

60.3

42.7-56.9

Q10 Confidence Interval

13.2

48.3

27.7-42.6

Q11 Best Study Design, Diagnosis

24.0

44.0

11.7-27.8

Q12 Best Study Design, Prognosis

24.9

44.9

12.0-28.3