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Table 2 Participants’ level of understanding on a seven-point Likert scale

From: The role of 3D technology in the practical education of congenital coarctation and its treatment—a feasibility pilot study

Question

 

Before

After

p value3

How well do you understand the CoA1 disease?

Mean ± St. dev.2

4.62 ± 1.07

6.19 ± 1.08

< 0.05

Median

5.00

7.00

How well do you understand the localization of CoA?

Mean ± St. dev.

3.19 ± 1.60

6.48 ± 0.51

< 0.05

Median

3.00

6.00

How well do you understand the risks and complications of coarctation surgery?

Mean ± St. dev.

5.86 ± 1.06

6.00 ± 1.00

0.260

Median

6.00

6.00

How well do you understand the end-to-end anastomosis technique?

Mean ± St. dev.

4.71 ± 1.49

6.48 ± 0.51

0.001

Median

4.00

6.00

How well do you understand the end-to-side anastomosis technique?

Mean ± St. dev.

5.33 ± 1.11

6.67 ± 0.48

< 0.05

Median

5.00

7.00

How well do you understand the prosthetic patch aortoplasty technique?

Mean ± St. dev.

6.57 ± 0.51

6.62 ± 0.50

0.320

Median

7.00

7.00

How well do you understand the subclavian flap technique?

Mean ± St. dev.

2.86 ± 1.39

6.05 ± 0.97

0.05

Median

3.00

6.00

  1. Key: 1Coarctation of the aorta, 2standard deviation, 3Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test