Factors associated with knowledge of p-value in a sample of medical students

• Autores: Torres Malca, Jenny Raquel, Vera Ponce, Víctor Juan, Zuzunaga-Montoya, Fiorella E., De la Cruz-Vargas, Jhony A., Cruz-Ausejo, Liliana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
• Repositorio: UTP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/6537
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/6537; https://doi.org/10.52379/mcs.v6i3.254
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Health science students; Statistics; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.00.00

Introduction:The role of p-value knowledge for clinical practice is elemental; however, insufficient evidence on this is found in health science students.Objective:To determine the factors associated with p-value knowledge in human medical students.Methods:Analytical cross-sectional study. Application of a virtual survey to human medicine students from different faculties in Peru.Results:54.69% had sufficient knowledge of p-value. The multivariate analysis found a statistically significant association with having sufficient knowledge on this topic in those who were between 6th to 9th semester (APr: 1.118; 95% CI 1.051 -1.412; p=0.009) and medical internship (APr: 1.234; 95% CI 1.073 -1.418; p=0.003); taking an external course in biostatistics, epidemiology or research (APr: 1.420; 95% CI 1.227 -1.643; p<0.001); having read 6 to 12 articles per year (APr: 1.353; 95% CI 1.196 -1.530; p<0.001) and more than 12 articles per year (APr: 1.590; 95% CI 1.313 -1.967; p<0.001); and publishing at least one scientific article (APr: 1.397; 95% CI 1.199 -1.628; p<0.001) or more than one (APr:1.424; 95% CI 1.196 -1.696; p<0.001).Conclusion:It was found that the academic semester, having taken an external course, having read more than 6 articles per year and havingpublished at least one scientific article are independently associated with having greater understanding of this topic.