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Table 1 Participants’ demographic data

From: The effect of an educational orientation tour on anxiety of nursing students before their first clinical training: a quasi-experimental study

Group

Characteristics

 

Control

Intervention

Total

P value

Age (years) a*

(Mean ± SD)

 

20.54 ± 1.26

20.85 ± 1.33

20.69 ± 1.29

[19–23]

0/304

Gender b**

N (%)

Male

(% 16.67) 12

(% 20.83) 15

(%37.5) 27

0/361

Female

(% 34.72) 25

(% 27.78) 20

(%62.5) 45

Marital status**

Married

(% 6.94) 5

(% 5.56) 4

(%12.5) 9

0/789

Single

(% 44.44) 32

(% 43.06) 31

(% 87.5) 63

Current job**

Yes

(% 6.94) 5

(% 5.56) 4

(%12.5) 9

0/789

No

(% 44.44) 32

(% 43.06) 31

(%87.5) 63

Family member **

working in healthcare sector

Yes

(% 9.72) 7

(% 12.5) 9

(%22.22) 16

0/488

No

(% 41.67) 30

(% 36.11) 26

(% 77.78) 56

Loving **

the nursing

profession

Yes

(% 23.61) 17

(% 20.83) 15

(%44.44) 32

0/792

No

(% 27.78) 20

(% 27.78) 20

(%55.56) 40

Physical exercise**

No

(% 11.11) 8

(% 6.94) 5

(%18.06) 13

0/573

1 per week

(% 19.44) 14

(% 20.83) 15

(% 40.22) 29

2 per week

(% 15.28) 11

(% 13.89) 10

(% 29.11) 21

> 2 per week

(% 5.56) 4

(% 5.56) 5

(% 12.50) 9

  1. SD: standard deviation. a: Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. b: Values are presented as frequency and percentage
  2. *Independent t-test
  3. **Chi-square test