Associations between occupational therapy students’ academic performance and their study approaches and perceptions of the learning environment

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and average exam grades of the study participants

Variables	All n = 174	Men n = 33	Women n = 141	p	d
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Age	22.7 (4.3)	24.6 (5.7)	22.3 (3.8)	< 0.01	0.47
Time spent on self-study	9.1 (6.3)	10.0 (8.1)	8.9 (5.9)	0.38	0.16
Average exam grade	3.9 (1.1)	3.3 (1.2)	4.0 (1.0)	< 0.001	-0.63
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Had OT as priority education	106 (60.9)	20 (60.6)	86 (61.0)	0.97
Had prior higher education	73 (42.0)	19 (57.6)	54 (38.3)	< 0.05

Note. OT occupational therapy. Time spent on self-study is average number of hours spent during a typical week

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