Interactive Palliative and End-of-Life Care Modules for Pediatric Residents

Table 2

Intervention group pre- and postsurvey averaged scores of feeling knowledgeable and confident about pediatric palliative and end-of-life care by topic. Individual questions were answered using a Likert scale (1 = poor and 5 = excellent). Scores are presented as means (standard deviations). Statistical significance is determined by a paired t-test. Significant difference <0.05.

	Prescore	Postscore	Delta	value
Knowledge
Breaking bad news	2.37 (0.85)	2.93 (0.75)	0.57 (0.70)
Dyspnea and anxiety	1.67 (0.62)	2.73 (0.70)	1.07 (0.96)
Pain management	1.87 (0.64)	2.87 (0.64)	1.00 (0.76)
Dying child	2.50 (0.76)	2.83 (0.67)	0.33 (0.49)
Confidence
Breaking bad news	2.13 (0.67)	2.70 (0.62)	0.57 (0.59)
Dyspnea and anxiety	1.60 (0.63)	2.47 (0.74)	0.87 (0.83)
Pain management	1.87 (0.64)	2.60 (0.74)	0.73 (0.70)
Dying child	2.17 (0.72)	2.50 (0.57)	0.33 (0.62)	0.055