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Table 5 Relation between education and the estimates of own knowledge vs. the number of correct answers to the 14 knowledge statements

From: The use of opioids at the end of life: the knowledge level of Dutch physicians as a potential barrier to effective pain management

 

3-9 correct answers

10 correct answers

11 correct answers

12-14 correct answers

p-value*

 

N = 114

N = 95

N = 105

N = 93

 
 

%

%

%

%

 

Received specific education in palliative care

60

68

78

87

<0.05

Grade given for own knowledge before completing the questionnaire (1-10) †

    

<0.05

• <5.5

11

1

1

3

 

• 5.5-6.5

19

11

10

5

 

• 6.6-7.5

46

60

51

46

 

• 7.6-8.5

20

27

34

41

 

• 8.6-10

5

1

5

4

 

Grade given for own knowledge after completing the questionnaire (1-10) †

   

≥0.05

<0.05

• <5.5

11

1

3

2

 

• 5.5-6.5

24

6

8

6

 

• 6.6-7.5

48

61

50

41

 

• 7.6-8.5

15

32

37

46

 

• 8.6-10

2

0

4

6

 

Are there enough options for you for additional education about opioids and pain management?

    

<0.05

• Yes

77

94

93

95

 

• No

23

6

7

5

 
  1. * chi square test to test differences in physician characteristics for physicians with different numbers of correct answers (categorized in 4 groups)
  2. † Physicians graded their own knowledge about opioids and pain management by scoring 1-10. After completing the knowledge statements, respondents were asked to again grade their own knowledge. Physicians could not see how they did on the knowledge statements, they did not receive the answers to the knowledge statements immediately after completing the questionnaire.