Change in participant pulse oximetry knowledge after basic pulse oximetry training and full oxygen training
| Basic pulse oximetry training | Full oxygen training | |||
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| Participant demographics | ||||
| Number of participants | 249 | 182 | 491 | 551 |
| Mean age (years) | 35.7 | 36.2 | 35.1 | 36.1 |
| Sex (female:male) | 174:71 | 130:40 | 427:61 | 475:74 |
| Role (nurse:doctor) | 149:65 | 120:29* | 433:40 | 476:57 |
| Mean service (years) | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 |
| Paediatric | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Neonatal | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Oximetry knowledge test scores | ||||
| Mean score† (95% CI) | ||||
| True/false | 6.4 (6.0 to 7.2) | 6.8 (6.3 to 7.2) | 6.9 (6.6 to 7.1) | 8.7 (8.5 to 8.8) |
| Scenario | 6.3 (5.8 to 6.9) | 6.7 (6.1 to 7.4) | 6.1 (5.7 to 6.4) | 9.4 (9.1 to 9.8) |
| Adjusted effect‡ (95% CI) | ||||
| True/false | +1.7 (1.2 to 2.1) | +2.8 (1.8 to 3.8) | ||
| Scenario | +3.3 (2.6 to 4.1) | +4.8 (3.1 to 6.5) | ||
*P value <0.05, using t-test for continuous outcomes and χ2 for binary outcomes.
†Participants completed pretraining and post-training tests, which included 12 true/false questions about pulse oximetry and 5 best-choice responses to scenarios (scored out of 20) (see online supplementary appendix 3).
‡Adjusted for type of training, type of healthcare worker, duration at hospital and duration of paediatric/neonatal experience.