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Table 1 The baseline characteristics of the two groups

From: Comparative study of an externship program versus a corporate-academic cooperation program for enhancing nursing competence of graduating students

Item

EP group

CACP group

Total

X 2/t

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

  

Levels of training hospitals

   

0.87

0.35 a

  Medical center

9 (47.4)

8 (33.4)

17 (39.5)

  

  Regional teaching hospital

10 (52.6)

16 (66.6)

26 (60.5)

  

Training setting

   

0.18

0.91 a

  Medical wards

10 (52.6)

12 (50.0)

22 (51.2)

  

  Surgical wards

6 (31.6)

7 (29.2)

13 (30.2)

  

  Intensive/special units

3 (15.8)

5 (20.8)

8 (18.6)

  

Number of graduating students

     

  Enrolled

19 (100.0)

24 (100.0)

43 (100.0)

  

  Completed

19 (100.0)

23 (95.8)

42 (97.7)

-

1.00 a, c

Education level of mentors

   

1.32

0.25 a

  College

13 (68.4)

20 (83.3)

33 (76.8)

  

  University

6 (31.6)

4 (16.7)

10 (23.2)

  

Marital status of mentors

   

0.60

0.44 a

  Single

14 (73.7)

15 (62.5)

29 (67.5)

  

  Married

5 (26.3)

9 (37.5)

14 (32.5)

  

Age (yr) of mentors (means±SD)

28.84 ± 2.57

28.88 ± 2.51

28.86± 2.51

0.04

0.97 b

Length of nursing working (yr)

     

  In all nursing settings (means±SD)

6.39 ± 2.23

6.19 ± 2.11

6.28 ± 2.14

0.30

0.77 b

  In current nursing setting (means±SD)

5.42 ± 2.23

5.50 ± 2.12

5.47 ± 2.14

0.12

0.90 b

  1. EP group, the externship program; CACP Group, the corporate-academic cooperation program; SD, Standard deviation; a: Chi-square; b: independent 2-sample t test, 2 tailed; c: correction by Fisher’s exact test.