Research Article

Pediatric Residency Training amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Impact of Supervision and Clinical Practice Guidelines on Clinical and Financial Outcomes

Table 3

Reliability and validity results.

ConstructsReliabilityConvergent validity (AVE) and discriminant validity (square root of AVE)
Cronbach’s alpharho_AComposite reliabilityAverage variance extracted (AVE)Clinical outcomeClinical practice guidelines (CPG)Financial outcomeNurse adequacyPandemic statusPandemicCPG (CO)PandemicCPG (FO)Pandemic supervision (CO)Pandemicsupervision (FO)Patient’s conditionSupervision

Clinical outcome1.0001.0001.0001.0001.000
CPG0.8452.1120.9070.831-0.0920.911
Financial outcome-5.2310.8680.7040.8600.672-0.1280.928
Nurse adequacy1.0001.0001.0001.0000.0040.006-0.0851.000
Pandemic status1.0001.0001.0001.000-0.002-0.0060.089-0.6211.000
PandemicCPG (CO)1.0001.0001.0001.000-0.018-0.018-0.0330.005-0.0031.000
PandemicCPG (FO)1.0001.0001.0001.000-0.018-0.018-0.0330.005-0.0031.0001.000
Pandemic supervision (CO)1.0001.0001.0001.0000.0200.005-0.0340.039-0.047-0.011-0.0111.000
Pandemicsupervision (FO)1.0001.0001.0001.0000.0200.005-0.0340.039-0.047-0.011-0.0111.0001.000
Patient’s condition0.6780.7920.8540.7470.468-0.0320.286-0.0300.069-0.025-0.025-0.028-0.0280.864
Supervision0.9740.9850.9870.975-0.004-0.013-0.1630.122-0.0880.0060.0060.0780.0780.2130.987

Note: CPG = clinical practice guidelines; CO = clinical outcome; FO = financial outcome.