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Table 4 Distribution of sources that students prefer to obtain information from

From: The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department

 

Preferred

Not Preferred

 

Information Source

n

%

n

%

pbiologicalsex

pclasslevel

Television

191

38.60

304

61.40

0.860

0.0001*

Media (printed publications such as newspapers and magazines)

64

12.90

431

87.10

0.909

0.0001*

Media (clinical guidelines. scientific articles)

53

10.70

442

89.30

0.213

0.148

Internet social media (WhatsApp. Twitter. Instagram. Facebook. etc.)

302

61.00

193

39.00

0.618

0.600

Internet search engines (Google. Yahoo. etc.)

202

40.80

293

59.20

0.660

0.165

Internet - You Tube video

47

9.50

448

90.50

0.558

0.456

Official website of the Ministry of Health

108

21.80

387

78.20

0.011*

0.067

Health-related search engines on the Internet (Pubmed. etc.)

28

5.70

467

94.30

0.530

0.0001*

Health workers

58

11.70

437

88.30

0.861

0.381

Radio

5

1.00

490

99.00

1.000

0.059

Brochures

4

0.80

491

99.20

1.000

0.070

Banners

6

1.20

489

98.80

0.673

0.080

Notice boards

2

0.40

493

99.60

0.515

0.352

Warning/information sign

3

0.60

492

99.40

1.000

0.446

Classroom

4

0.80

491

99.20

0.588

1.000

Webinar

1

0.20

494

99.80

1.000

1.000

Training Seminars

4

0.80

491

99.20

0.588

0.419

Faculty Members

5

1.00

490

99.00

1.000

0.872

Family members

4

0.80

491

99.20

0.320

0.263

Friends in social environment

11

2.20

484

97.80

0.742

0.197

Physiotherapists in internship unit

3

0.60

492

99.40

0.557

0.501

Other healthcare workers in internship unit

1

0.20

494

99.80

0.303

0.220

  1. n = number, %= percentage; pbiologicalsex and pclasslevel: chi-square analysis and fisher’s exact test; pbiologicalsex differences for biological sex; pclasslevel= differences for class level; *= p < 0.05 = Statistical significance level