Does teaching medical ethics ensure good knowledge, attitude, and reported practice? An ethical vignette-based cross-sectional survey among doctors in a tertiary teaching hospital in Nepal

Table 3 Assessment of knowledge, practice, attitude and combined KAP of medical ethics for study 1

	Knowledge			Attitude			Practice			Combined KAP
	N	Mean ± SD (n = 22 questions)	p value	N	Median ± IQR (n = 10 questions)	p value	N	Median ± IQR (n = 10 questions)	p value	N	Measure of Central tendency ± dispersion (n = 42 questions)	p value
Qualification
MBBS	43	12.00 ± 2.96	0.050^c	46	7.00 ± 2.00	0.061^f	47	6.00 ± 3.00^b	0.001^f	42	24.52 ± 4.20^a	0.011^c
MD/MS	21	13.67 ± 3.45		24	8.00 ± 2.50		24	7.00 ± 2.00^b		19	28.00 ± 5.84^a
Designation
Intern	10	11.80 ± 3.19	0.144^d	11	7.00 ± 2.00	0.158^e	11	6.00 ± 4.00^b	0.003^e	10	24.50 ± 10.00^b	0.063^e
Medical Officer	33	12.06 ± 2.94		35	7.00 ± 1.00		36	6.00 ± 3.00^b		32	24.00 ± 4.00^b
Consultant	21	13.67 ± 3.45		24	8.00 ± 2.50		24	7.00 ± 2.00^b		19	27.00 ± 6.00^b
Department
Emergency	17	11.94 ± 3.34	0.093^d	15	7.00 ± 2.00	0.818^e	17	6.00 ± 1.50^b	0.899^e	15	25.93 ± 4.92^a	0.477^d
Gynae/Obs	12	11.58 ± 3.58		14	7.00 ± 1.25		13	6.00 ± 3.00^b		11	23.73 ± 5.71^a
Medicine	14	11.79 ± 2.01		16	7.00 ± 2.00		16	6.00 ± 1.00^b		14	24.86 ± 3.48^a
Orthopedics	3	13.00 ± 2.00		5	7.00 ± 1.50		5	7.00 ± 4.50^b		3	24.67 ± 3.06^a
Pediatrics	11	15.00 ± 3.07		11	7.00 ± 1.00		11	4.00 ± 4.00^b		11	28.00 ± 5.70^a
Surgery	7	13.14 ± 3.63		9	6.00 ± 1.50		9	6.00 ± 3.50^b		7	26.00 ± 5.97^a
MBBS completed from
Nepal	24	12.92 ± 3.82	0.539^c	25	7.00 ± 2.00	0.650^f	25	6.00 ± 2.00^b	0.122^f	22	26.00 ± 8.25^b	0.261^f
Abroad	38	12.39 ± 2.81		43	7.00 ± 2.00		44	6.00 ± 3.00^b		37	25.00 ± 7.50^b

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