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Table 6 Self-assessment of the examinations in clinical praxis, number of correct performed examinations when assessed by specialist in fetal medicine and specialized sonographer and time spent to achieve the proper projections

From: Impact of a standardized training program on midwives’ ability to assess fetal heart anatomy by ultrasound

 

At three months

At two years

p-value

Self-assessed confidence to perform the method, median/range

3/(1–4)

4/(2–4)

-

Self-assessed significance of color-Doppler, median/range

2.5/(2–4)

3/(1–4)

-

Self-assessed correctly performed examinations in grey scale, No/out of (%)

56/77 (73%)

33/40 (83%)

0.240

Self-assessed correctly performed examinations in color Doppler, No/out of (%)

53/77 (69%)

32/40 (80%)

0.199

Specialist review: Correctly performed gray-scale examinations, No/out of (%)

67/80 (84%)

30/40 (75%)

0.251

Specialist review: Correctly performed color-Doppler examinations, No/out of (%)

52/80 (65%)

33/40 (83%)

0.047

Time spent to achieve the proper projections median/range (min)

4/(3–10)

3/(2–5)

<0.01