Variables | Overall, N = 761 | EBM Training | p-value* | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes, N = 199 | No, N = 562 | |||
Age (Years) | 21.97 ± 1.64 | 22.21 ± 1.72 | 21.89 ± 1.60 | 0.117 |
Gender | 0.003 | |||
Female | 434 (57.0 %) | 95 (47.7 %) | 339 (60.3 %) | |
Male | 327 (43.0 %) | 104 (52.3 %) | 223 (39.7 %) | |
Marital status | 0.019 | |||
Married | 22 (2.9 %) | 11 (5.5 %) | 11 (2.0 %) | |
Single | 739 (97.1 %) | 188 (94.5 %) | 551 (98.0 %) | |
Year in university | 0.004 | |||
Second | 177 (23.3 %) | 33 (16.6 %) | 144 (25.6 %) | |
Third | 241 (31.7 %) | 81 (40.7 %) | 160 (28.5 %) | |
Fourth | 166 (21.8 %) | 34 (17.1 %) | 132 (23.5 %) | |
Fifth | 127 (16.7 %) | 36 (18.1 %) | 91 (16.2 %) | |
Sixth | 50 (6.6 %) | 15 (7.5 %) | 35 (6.2 %) | |
Received or attended any physical or online course in biostatistics (yes) | 300 (39.4 %) | 124 (62.3 %) | 176 (31.3 %) | < 0.001 |
Received or attended any physical or online course in Research methodology (Yes) | 382 (50.2 %) | 143 (71.9 %) | 239 (42.5 %) | < 0.001 |
Family member (parent, sibling, spouse,.etc)working in health care (Yes) | 427 (56.1 %) | 122 (61.3 %) | 305 (54.3 %) | 0.1 |
Frequency of reading scientific literature: | < 0.001 | |||
Never | 193 (25.4 %) | 34 (17.1 %) | 159 (28.3 %) | |
Daily | 49 (6.4 %) | 20 (10.1 %) | 29 (5.2 %) | |
Weekly | 130 (17.1 %) | 48 (24.1 %) | 82 (14.6 %) | |
Monthly or less frequent | 389 (51.1 %) | 97 (48.7 %) | 292 (52.0 %) | |
Free internet access at your university or home (Yes) | 315 (41.4 %) | 84 (42.2 %) | 231 (41.1 %) | 0.9 |
Internet access (Yes) | 720 (94.6 %) | 190 (95.5 %) | 530 (94.3 %) | 0.7 |
Which of the following do you have: | ||||
Private computer or laptop | 454 (59.7 %) | 121 (60.8 %) | 333 (59.3 %) | 0.8 |
Tablet | 145 (19.1 %) | 36 (18.1 %) | 109 (19.4 %) | 0.8 |
Smart phone | 694 (91.2 %) | 177 (88.9 %) | 517 (92.0 %) | 0.2 |