Reduced quality of life, more technical challenges, and less study motivation among paramedic students after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic – a survey study

Table 4 Students reported technical challenges related to digital teaching for the four most common challenges

	Data collection 1		Data collection 2		Change	95% Confidence interval		P-value
						low	high
Poor internet connection, n (%) *	19	(17.4)	42	(33.9)	↑	-0.277	-0.052	0.004
Sound pollution, n (%) *	14	(12.8)	41	(33.1)	↑	-0.307	-0.097	0.000
Poor picture quality, n (%) *	5	(4.6)	28	(22.6)	↑	-0.264	-0.096	< 0.001
Difficulty accessing digital platforms, n (%) **	12	(11)	12	(9.7)	↓			0.74

^*p-values are based on t-tests, and significant differences were confirmed by Mann Whitney U, resulting in equal p-values
^** p-value is based on the parametric test Mann Whitney-U

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