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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Factors associated with a basic common drug-drug interaction knowledge among emergency department medical personnel

Characteristics

Overall

(n = 244)

Emergency physician

(n = 108)

Emergency medicine resident

(n = 56)

Emergency care nurse

(n = 80)

p-value*

Age – year a

32 (28, 36)

34 (32, 37)

28 (27, 30)

31 (26, 37)

< 0.001

Female – n (%) b

152 (62)

62 (57)

30 (54)

60 (75)

0.014

Academic degree – n (%) b

     

 Bachelor’s Degree

204 (84)

79 (73)

55 (98)

70 (88)

< 0.001

 Master’s Degree

32 (13)

21 (19)

1 (2)

10 (12)

 

 Doctoral Degree

8 (3)

8 (8)

0

0

 

Academic position – n (%)b

     

 None

212 (86.9)

77 (71.3)

56 (100)

79 (99)

< 0.001

 Lecturer

29 (11.9)

29 (26.9)

0

0

 

 Assistant professor

2 (0.8)

2 (1.9)

0

0

 

 Associate professor

1 (0.4)

0

0

1 (1)

 

Academic year of an emergency medicine resident – n (%) b

     

 First-year

-

-

17 (30.4)

-

< 0.001

 Second-year

-

-

14 (25)

-

 

 Third-year

-

-

25 (44.6)

-

 

Emergency care nurse level – n (%) b

     

 Registered nurse (RN)

-

-

-

39 (49)

< 0.001

 Emergency nurse practitioner (ENP)

-

-

-

32 (40)

 

 Emergency nurse (EN)

-

-

-

9 (11)

 

Emergency medicine experience – year a

4 (2, 8)

5.5 (3.5, 10)

2 (1, 3)

7 (3, 11)

< 0.001

Clinically pharmacological or toxicological training – n (%) b

58 (23.8)

34 (31.5)

19 (33.9)

5 (6.3)

< 0.001

Last completed or recertified clinically pharmacological or toxicological training – year a, c

2 (1, 3)

2 (1, 4)

1 (1, 1)

3 (2, 6)

< 0.001

ACLS training – n (%) b

235 (96.3)

108 (100)

55 (98.2)

72 (90)

0.001

Last completed or recertified ACLS training – year a, d

1 (1, 3)

1.5 (1, 3)

1 (1, 2)

1 (1, 3.5)

0.051

Drug-drug interaction checker book use experience – n (%) b

74 (30.3)

37 (34.3)

12 (21.4)

25 (31)

0.232

Drug-drug interaction checker application use experience – n (%) b

97 (39.8)

60 (55.6)

30 (53.6)

7 (8.8)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: ACLS, advanced cardiovascular life support
  2. * p-value < 0.05 is statistically significant
  3. a Median (interquartile range) and the difference between groups were analyzed by Kruskal–Wallis test
  4. b Differences between groups were analyzed by Fisher’s exact test
  5. c Only participants who pass the clinically pharmacological or toxicological training were included in the analysis
  6. d Only participants who pass the ACLS training were included for analysis