Characteristic | IL | CL | Significance of differences (p-values) | |||||
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Pre (%) | Post (%) | Pre (%) | Post (%) | Baseline comparison of two groups | Pre and post intervention comparison in CL | Pre and post intervention comparison in IL | Post intervention comparison between two groups | |
Streak formation in thin smear | 29.4 | 5 | 28.4 | 26.7 | 0.83 | 0.7 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Thick smears with insufficient thickness | 18.3 | 1.5 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 0.97 | 0.79 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Overall quality of thick smear | 76.11 | 98 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 0.9 | 0.94 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Overall quality of thin smears | 81.67 | 87 | 80.7 | 81.9 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
Quality of slides with both thick & thin smears | 60 | 87 | 61.4 | 63.3 | 0.79 | 0.69 | <0.001 | <0.001 |