Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Sociology students from the Faculty of Social Sciences and students of the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth year of medical studies (N = 272)
From: Health numeracy skills of medical students:cross-sectional and controlled before-and-after study
Sociology (n = 27) | Medicine 1st year (n = 54) | Medicine 3rd year (n = 54) | Medicine 4th year (n = 52) | Medicine 5th year (n = 39) | Medicine 6th year (n = 46) | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of participants from eligible populations | 100% | 60% | 75.0% | 72.2% | 64.0% | 68.7% | 0.541 |
Female sex (%) | 24 (88.9%) | 40 (67.7%) | 40 (74.1%) | 38 (73.1%) | 27 (71.1%) | 30 (65.2%) | 0.306 |
Age in years (median, 95% confidence interval) | 19.0 (18.0 to 19.5) | 19.0 (18.0 to 19.0) | 21.0 (20.0 to 21.0)† | 22.0 (21.0 to 22.0)† | 23.0 (23.0 to 23.0)† | 23.0 (23.0 to 24.0)† | < 0.001 |
Grade point average at the end of high school (median, 95% confidence interval) | 4.1 (4.0 to 4.3)‡ | 4.8 (4.7 to 4.8) | 4.8 (4.7 to 4.9) | 4.7 (4.6 to 4.8) | 4.8 (4.7 to 4.9) | 4.8 (4.5 to 4.9) | 0.109 |