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Table 2 Wilcox signed-rank analysis of self-reported neurophobia and neuroscience attitudes in matched M1 and M2 responses

From: Medical student attitudes and educational interventions to prevent neurophobia: a longitudinal study

 

M1 frequency (%)

M2 frequency (%)

p-value

Interest

  

0.327

 None

21 (15%)

17 (17%)

 

 Slight

26 (18%)

11 (11%)

 

 Somewhat

40 (28%)

22 (22%)

 

 Moderate

36 (25%)

33 (33%)

 

 Extreme

19 (13%)

18 (18%)

 

Knowledge

  

0.000

 None

37 (27%)

8 (9%)

 

 Fair

53 (39%)

15 (16%)

 

 Good

32 (23%)

39 (43%)

 

 Very good

12 (9%)

24 (26%)

 

 Excellent

3 (2%)

5 (5%)

 

Difficulty

  

0.057

 Very difficult

35 (24%)

25 (27%)

 

 Difficult

71 (49%)

29 (31%)

 

 Neutral

34 (23%)

30 (32%)

 

 Easy

1 (1%)

6 (6%)

 

 Very easy

4 (3%)

3 (3%)

 

Confidence

  

0.038

 None

65 (46%)

29 (26%)

 

 Slight

41 (29%)

51 (46%)

 

 Somewhat

26 (18%)

29 (26%)

 

 Moderate

5 (4%)

2 (2%)

 

 Extreme

5 (4%)

1 (1%)

 

Pursue career

  

0.063

 Extremely unlikely

31 (22%)

38 (28%)

 

 Unlikely

35 (25%)

40 (30%)

 

 Neutral

59 (42%)

43 (32%)

 

 Likely

10 (7%)

8 (6%)

 

 Extremely likely

7 (5%)

5 (4%)

 

Neurophobia

  

0.035

 Strongly disagree

35 (23%)

20 (13%)

 

 Disagree

32 (21%)

44 (29%)

 

 Neither

61 (41%)

46 (31%)

 

 Agree

14 (9%)

23 (15%)

 

 Strongly agree

8 (5%)

17 (11%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: M1 year one (pre-neuroscience) medical students, M2 year two (post-neuroscience) medical students