Table 4 Differences in recent medical graduates’ mean (SD) scores on the importance of OSA and confidence in identifying and managing patients with OSA by university ownership
From: Obstructive sleep apnea knowledge and attitudes among recent medical graduates training in Ecuador
Attitude items | University | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Private | Public | p* | |
N = 51 | N = 214 | ||
mean (SD) | mean (SD) | ||
Importance of OSA as a clinical disorder | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.8) | 0.829 |
Important to identify patients with OSA | 3.2 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.8) | 0.211 |
Importance subscale score | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.7) | 0.415 |
Confident identifying at-risk patients | 3.5 (1.1) | 3.5 (0.9) | 0.697 |
Confident managing patients with OSA | 3.5 (0.9) | 3.2 (1.0) | 0.085 |
Confident managing patients on CPAP | 2.9 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.0) | 0.484 |
Confidence subscale score | 3.5 (0.8) | 3.3 (0.9) | 0.147 |