Statistical analysis
The pre and post survey responses were analysed in conjunction. In order
to assess the school preparedness pre and post training, missed
responses (min=1, max=6, median=2) and ‘don’t know’ responses (min=1,
max=5, median=1) to the baseline survey questions which were answered in
the post training survey were considered as negative answers. It was
felt that lack of awareness of specific preventative measures for
example from the senior management team, was likely to indicate that
those measures were not in place.
The McNemar test was used to examine if training improved schools’
preparedness, and it was reported as binary outcomes. A p-value
< 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The IBM SPSS
Statistics v22 was used for the analysis.