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Table 3 The effect of the malaria diagnostic refresher training on participants performance in malaria microscopy

From: Impact of malaria diagnostic refresher training programme on competencies and skills in malaria diagnosis among medical laboratory professionals: evidence from Ghana 2015–2019

Variable

Pre-test

Post-test

P-value

 

Median (iqr)%

 

Detection of malaria parasites

64 (18)

87 (14)

< 0.001***

Species identification of malaria parasites

17 (22)

78 (29)

< 0.001***

Quantification of malaria parasites

20 (25)

50 (50)

< 0.001***

Overall malaria microscopy performance

32.7 (17.3)

71.3 (20.7)

< 0.001***

  1. iqr: interquartile range
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001