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Table 5 Competence level, quality of actions

From: New graduate registered nurses’ professional competence and the impact of preceptors’ education intervention: a quasi-experimental longitudinal intervention study

 

Baseline

3 months

9 months

 

Intervention group

Control group

 

Intervention group

Control group

 

Intervention group

Control group

  

Competence category

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p-value

d*

Helping role

69.9 (14.4)

70.6 (15.0)

0.651

76.6 (13.5)

78.4 (12.0)

0.633

74.9 (16.6)

77.5 (14.9)

0.482

-.174

Teaching-coaching

60.5 (15.7)

55.5 (18.4)

0.339

64.5 (19.8)

67.6 (17.7)

0.614

70.4 (15.7)

68.93 (14.7)

0.821

.097

Diagnostic functions

63.1 (17.7)

56.3 (20.7)

0.195

64.2 (20.4)

66.4 (17.4)

0.776

71.1 (17.4)

66.1 (14.7)

0.150

.310

Managing situations

63.4 (20.1)

50.13 (21.3)

0.024

65.6 (20.2)

65.6 (20.7)

1.000

68.5 (18.5)

65.4 (14.6)

0.457

.181

Therapeutic interventions

54.3 (25.6)

43.9 (17.3)

0.196

59.3 (22.6)

62.1 (15.9)

0.686

60.4 (20.2)

64.4 (14.2)

0.438

-.223

Ensuring quality

55.9 (19.8)

47.3 (19.4)

0.211

65.0 (19.1)

62.3 (16.9)

0.601

65.8 (19.3)

62.4 (20.0)

0.728

.172

Work role

56.6 (20.3)

51.9 (18.9)

0.374

64.5 (17.0)

62.5 (15.6)

0.727

66.5 (18.8)

68.2 (10.9)

0.645

-.102

Overall competence level

60.5 (16.5)

54.2 (15.5)

0.180

65.7 (16.5)

66.4 (14.5)

0.755

67.7 (15.8)

67.6 (12.2)

0.937

.007

  1. Mann–Whitney, p-value ≤ 0.05, statistically significant values are bolded, *Cohen d at nine-month follow-up, SD   Standard deviation