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Table 14 Demographic characteristics of medical students and attitude 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

5 [4–7]

< 0.001c

 Female

4 [3–5.25]

 

Residency

 City

4 [3–6]

0.307d

 Village

5 [3.5–6]

 

 Palestinian refugee camp

3.5 [2-]

 

Year of study

 Fourth year

5 [2.5–6]

0.878d

 Fifth year

5 [3.75–6]

 

 Sixth year

5 [3–6]

 
  1. aAttitude score was a range from 0 to 8; high score reflects higher attitude regarding snake and snakebites
  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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