Table 2.
Demographics of 343 medical students from 14 medical schools that agreed to participated in the email survey on the University of Alabama at Birmingham Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Test for Health Professionals
| First year (%) | Final year (%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 18–22 | 162 (47.2) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001a) |
| 23–27 | 86 (53.1) | 137 (75.7) | ||
| 28+ | 23 (14.2) | 44 (24.3) | ||
| Sex | Female | 103 (64.4) | 97 (54.2) | 0.061 |
| Male | 57 (35.6) | 82 (45.8) | ||
| Race | White | 123 (76.4) | 122 (68.9) | 0.381 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 18 (11.2) | 27 (15.3) | ||
| African American | 4 (2.5) | 9 (5.1) | ||
| Otherb) | 17 (10.5) | 23 (12.7) | ||
| Current specialty pursuit | Adult neurology/psychiatry | 7 (4.3) | 13 (7.2) | < 0.001a) |
| Adult generalist | 17 (10.5) | 50 (27.6) | ||
| Other | 51 (31.5) | 116 (64.1) | ||
| Don’t know/no specialty | 87 (53.7) | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Type of degree | MD | 141 (87.0) | 168 (92.8) | 0.102 |
| Joint degree | 21 (13.0) | 13 (7.2) |
a)
Significant difference (P< 0.05) between first and final year students using Fisher exact test.
b)
Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern, Mixed Ethnicity or Multiracial, Asian Indian, Native American or Alaskan Native, and other.