Analysis on external competency assessment for malaria microscopists in China

Malaria Journal

Table 7 Correlation values of 3 factors and competency results among 4 combinations

Factors	Statistics	Values	Combinations
			Combination 1^a			Combination 2^a			Combination 3			Combination 4
			PD	SI	PC	PD	SI	PC	PD	SI	PC	PD	SI	PC
Ages	Pearson correlations	r	0.38	0.16	0.068	− 0.17	0.15	0.096	− 0.26	0.12	− 0.014	− 0.24	0.013	0.17
	Pearson correlations	P	0.86	0.45	0.75	0.92	0.40	0.58	0.22	0.58	0.95	0.16	0.94	0.33
	Regression coefficients	Adjusted R²	0.094	0.096	0.15	0.075	0.28	0.013	0.17	0.20	0.037	0.043	0.13	0.049
		β	− 0.24	− 0.069	0.26	− 0.43	− 0.19	0.14	− 1.16	0.15	− 0.32	− 0.23	0.036	− 0.24
		Sig. P	0.51	0.84	0.43	0.14	0.46	0.63	0.026*	0.75	0.56	0.45	0.20	0.43
Yeas	Pearson correlations	r	0.19	0.29	0.005	0.21	0.33	0.089	0.063	0.10	0.045	− 0.19	− 0.14	− 0.081
	Pearson correlations	P	0.37	0.17	0.98	0.22	0.052	0.60	0.77	0.64	0.83	0.27	0.41	0.64
	Regression coefficients	Adjusted R²	0.094	0.096	0.15	0.075	0.28	0.013	0.17	0.20	0.037	0.043	0.13	0.049
		β	0.35	0.22	− 0.36	0.47	0.29	− 0.15	0.92	− 0.19	0.25	− 0.019	− 0.59	0.053
		Sig. P	0.37	0.53	0.29	0.12	0.28	0.63	0.071	0.69	0.65	0.95	0.051	0.87
Cases	Pearson correlations	r	0.15	0.45	0.47	0.29	0.57	0.32	0.20	0.56	0.30	− 022	0.30	0.12
	Pearson correlations	P	0.52	0.040*	0.030*	0.11	0.001**	0.078	0.38	0.007**	0.17	0.90	0.092	0.53
	Regression coefficients	Adjusted R²	0.094	0.096	0.15	0.075	0.28	0.013	0.17	0.20	0.037	0.043	0.13	0.049
		β	0.079	0.39	0.55	0.20	0.50	0.34	1.11	0.57	0.31	0.033	0.45	0.15
		Sig. P	0.75	0.10	0.023*	0.29	0.006**	0.089	0.28	0.011*	0.29	0.87	0.021*	0.47

Combination 1: In this combination, the competency results were obtained by participants when they firstly took part in such assessment as WHO-ECAMM courses
Combination 2: In this combination, the competency results were obtained by participants when they had not implemented such practical operation as WHO-ECAMM courses recently
Combination 3: In this combination, the competency results were obtained by participants in WHO-ECAMM courses when they had not implemented such practical operation as WHO-ECAMM courses recently
Combination 4: In this combination, the competency results were obtained by participants in WHO-ECAMM courses with one-third of them had implemented such practical operation as WHO-ECAMM courses recently
PD, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite detection; SI, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for species identification; PC, participants’ scores or accuracy (%) for parasite counting
^aCompetency results in training course instead of those in WHO-ECAMM course were applied
** Correction is significant at 0.01 level
* Correction is significant at 0.05 level

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