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Table 5 Tests for significance of differences in baseline and cohort SSI rates between N = 31 studiesa with or without top five implementation interventions

From: Implementation interventions in preventing surgical site infections in abdominal surgery: a systematic review

 

Studies with top five implementation interventions vs. studies without

Difference

95%-confidence interval

p-value

baseline

−3.6%

[−11.0│3.8]

p = 0.324

cohort

−2.1%

[−7.4│3.1]

p = 0.418

  1. Note: a only studies reporting both baseline and cohort SSI rates