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Table 13 Demographic characteristics of medical students and first aid score

From: An assessment of medical students’ proficiency in the diagnosis and management of snakebites: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Characteristic

Median a [Q1-Q3]

P value b

Gender

 Male

9.5 [7–11]

0.036c

 Female

8 [6–11]

 

Residency

 City

9 [6–11]

0.946d

 Village

9 [6–11]

 

 Palestinian refugee camp

8 [7-]

 

Year of study

 Fourth year

9 [6–11]

0.214d

 Fifth year

7.5 [6–9]

 

 Sixth year

9 [6–12]

 
  1. aknowledge score of first aid was a range from 0 to 15; high score reflects more knowledge about first aid
  2. bThe p-value is bold where it is less than the significance level cut-off of 0.05
  3. cStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Mann-Whiney U test
  4. dStatistical significance of differences calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test
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