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Table 1 Participant characteristics and pretest results

From: Evaluation of self-educational training methods to learn laparoscopic skills - a randomized controlled trial

 

Group A

Video assisted learning

Group B

Video assisted learning plus operation primer

p-value

N=

22

23

 

Female Gender

10

16

0.11

Median age (years, [range])

21 [20–28]

21 [20–26]

0.71

Previous experience with video games (n=)

20

22

0.52

Right handed (n=)

19

18

0.48

Pretest manual dexterity [s]

100 [28–580]

107 [58–215]

0,42

Pretest three-dimensional orientation [s]

178 [62–404]

179 [83–475]

0,51

Pretest knot integrity points

1.17 ± 1.3

1.27 ± 1.1

0.78

Pretest technical proficiency points

8.7 ± 5.6

10 ± 6.4

0.48