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Table 2 Diagnostic accuracy of medical students attending clinic compared with students not attending for each condition

From: Medical student recognition of benign anorectal conditions: the effect of attending the outpatient colorectal clinic

Diagnostic accuracy

Attending students

Non-attending students

 

Prolapsed Internal Hemorrhoids

14/19 (73.6%)

6/17 (35.2%)

p < 0.05

Thrombosed External Hemorrhoid

14/19 (73.6%)

3/17 (17.6%)

p < 0.05

Rectal Prolapse

17/19 (89.4%)

15/17 (88.2%)

p = NS

Fissure

19/19 (100%)

8/17 (47%)

p < 0.05

Fistula

15/19 (78.9%)

10/17 (58.8%)

p = NS

Anal Tags

13/19 (68.4%)

2/17 (11.7%)

p < 0.05

Total Accuracy

80.6%

43.1%

p < 0.05

  1. NS = Not significant.