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

BMC Medical Education

Table 6 Factors students consider when choosing an information source

	Considered		Not Considered
Factor	n	%	n	%	p^{biologicalsex}	p^classlevel
Reliable	403	81.40	92	18.60	0.022*	0.0001*
Up to date	272	54.90	223	45.10	0.501	0.002*
Official institution	151	30.50	344	69.50	0.709	0.077
Easily accessible	148	29.90	347	70.10	0.856	0.0001*
Health worker	37	7.50	458	92.50	0.411	0.095
Visual information source (video. photo. diagram. graph. etc.)	35	7.10	460	92.90	0.361	0.639
Economic	22	4.40	473	95.60	0.011*	0.005*
Writable/readable information source	15	3.00	480	97.00	1.000	0.588
Auditory information source (sound recording, etc.)	7	1.40	488	98.60	1.000	0.388
Application/experiment	2	0.40	493	99.60	0.515	0.048
Other	1	0.20	494	99.80	1.000	0.220

n = number, %= percentage; p^{biologicalsex} and p^classlevel: chi-square analysis and fisher’s exact test; p^{biologicalsex} differences for biological sex; p^classlevel= differences for class level; *= p < 0.05 = Statistical significance level

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