Table 1 Professional satisfaction of students with different characteristics
Basic situation | Category | n | Mean rank | Number of very satisfied (%) | Number of satisfied (%) | Number of average and dissatisfied (%) | Kruskal–Wallis H | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28.404 | < 0.001 |
Clinical-related majors | 463 | 554.95 | 148(32.0) | 221(47.7) | 94(20.3) | Â | Â | |
Public health majors | 117 | 713.61 | 25(21.4) | 38(32.5) | 54(46.2) | Â | Â | |
Nursing profession | 115 | 620.88 | 29(25.2) | 53(46.1) | 33(28.7) | Â | Â | |
Chinese medicine and related majors | 178 | 588.61 | 51(28.7) | 83(46.6) | 44(24.7) | Â | Â | |
Other medical-related majors | 336 | 639.40 | 86(25.6) | 138(41.1) | 112(33.3) | Â | Â | |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3.886 | 0.143 |
Second grade | 660 | 592.52 | 195(29.5) | 290(43.9) | 175(26.5) | Â | Â | |
Third grade | 370 | 632.81 | 86(23.2) | 175(47.3) | 109(29.5) | Â | Â | |
Fourth and fifth grade | 179 | 593.53 | 58(32.4) | 68(38.0) | 53(29.6) | Â | Â | |
Sex |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18.047 | < 0.001 |
Male | 411 | 549.54 | 151(36.7) | 162(39.4) | 98(23.8) | Â | Â | |
Female | 798 | 633.57 | 188(23.6) | 371(46.5) | 239(29.9) | Â | Â | |
Grade ranking* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 10.042 | 0.018 |
Top 25% | 408 | 575.81 | 136(33.3) | 164(40.2) | 108(26.5) | Â | Â | |
26–50% | 439 | 608.70 | 119(27.1) | 198(45.1) | 122(27.8) |  |  | |
51–75% | 251 | 656.06 | 50(19.9) | 122(48.6) | 79(31.5) |  |  | |
Bottom 25% | 111 | 582.18 | 34(30.6) | 49(44.1) | 28(25.2) | Â | Â |