- Characteristics of participants.
| Ability to early identify and manage CES (%) | P-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | All participants (N=401) | “Proficient ability” (N=52) | “Good ability” (N=203) | “Fair ability” (N=108) | “Poor ability” (N=38) | |
| Age, years (mean (SD)) | 29.5 (5.5) | 29.9 (5.7) | 29.6 (5.9) | 29.3 (5.2) | 29.3 (4.6) | 0.945 b |
| Gender (N (%)) | 0.243 | |||||
| Male | 187 (46.6) | 36.5% | 46.3% | 48.1% | 57.9% | |
| Female | 214 (53.4) | 63.5% | 53.7% | 51.9% | 42.1% | |
| Highest Academic Education Qualification (N (%)) | 0.006 | |||||
| Internship year | 7 (1.7) | 0.0% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 0.0% | |
| Diploma degree | 13 (3.2) | 3.8% | 1.5% | 4.6% | 7.9% | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 307 (76.6) | 63.5% | 75.9% | 79.6% | 89.5% | |
| Master’s degree | 64 (16.0) | 30.8% | 18.2% | 9.3% | 2.6% | |
| PhD degree | 10 (2.5) | 1.9% | 2.0% | 4.6% | 0.0% | |
| Years of practice (N (%)) | 0.385 | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 88 (21.9) | 23.1 | 25.1 | 15.7 | 21.1 | |
| From 1 to 5 years | 170 (42.4) | 42.3 | 37.9 | 51.9 | 39.5 | |
| From 6 to 10 years | 69 (17.2) | 11.5 | 19.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | |
| More than 10 years | 74 (18.5) | 23.1 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 23.7 | |