Table 6. Association between demographic variables and knowledge, attitude and academic use of ChatGPT.
aIndependent t-test; bOne-way ANOVA; cWelch ANOVA; dChi-square. P value less than 0.05 is considered significant, eMBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, fBDS-Bachelor of Dental Surgery, gFIS-Foundation In Science
| Variable | Knowledge | Attitude | Academic use | |||
| Mean (SD) | P | Mean (SD) | P | (Yes) N (%) | P | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 3.9 (2.2) | <0.001a | 37.2 (3.2) | 0.667a | 50 (41.0) | 0.222d |
| Female | 4.9 (2.2) | 37.0 (3.3) | 108 (34.4) | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Malay | 3.6 (2.4) | 0.320b | 37.6 (3.9) | 0.511b | 12 (35.3) | 0.723d |
| Chinese | 4.1 (2.3) | 36.9 (3.1) | 63 (33.9) | |||
| Indian | 4.3 (2.2) | 37.2 (3.2) | 77 (39.5) | |||
| Others | 4.0 (2.1) | 36.8 (3.2) | 10 (35.7) | |||
| Programme | ||||||
| MBBSe | 4.3 (2.2) | 0.225b | 37.6 (3.5) | 0.005c | 94 (43.7) | 0.002d |
| BDSf | 3.9 (2.3) | 36.55(2.9) | 42 (26.1) | |||
| FISg | 4.1 (2.3) | 36.4 (3.0) | 26 (38.8) | |||
| Year of study | ||||||
| Year-1 | 4.0 (2.2) | <0.001b | 36.9 (3.2) | 0.015b | 55 (35.7) | <0.001d |
| Year-2 | 4.8 (2.0) | 37.5 (3.4) | 29 (36.7) | |||
| Year-3 | 3.6 (2.5) | 36.3 (3.0) | 12 (16.2) | |||
| Year-4 | 4.8 (2.2) | 38.1 (3.5) | 28 (45.9) | |||
| Year-5 | 3.7 (2.1) | 37.1 (3.0) | 38 (50.7) | |||