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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of pre and post knowledge brokering scores for each domain

From: Does knowledge brokering improve the quality of rapid review proposals? A before and after study

 

Pre knowledge brokering

Post knowledge brokering

Change from pre to post knowledge brokering

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Meana

95% confidence limits

p

 

Lower

Upper

 

Clarity about why the review was commissioned

4.67

1.46

5.37

0.95

0.681

0.249

1.114

0.002

Clarity of the review questions

4.47

1.39

5.22

1.01

0.755

0.282

1.228

0.002

Clarity of the scope

3.92

1.41

5.16

1.08

1.228

0.816

1.641

<0.001

Clarity of the method

3.883

1.32

4.55

1.28

0.669

0.308

1.029

<0.001

Clarity of the report inclusions

4.35

1.35

5.37

0.78

1.026

0.612

1.439

<0.001

Reviewers’ confidence

3.84

1.30

4.86

1.19

1.018

0.537

1.500

<0.001

  1. aNote that the estimate represents the mean change from pre to post (post score–pre score), i.e. a positive value indicates that the post knowledge brokering score is higher than the pre knowledge brokering score
  2. p value from Wald test