Table 3.
Comparison of age-weighted self-learning and related activity times of medical students before and after the national state of emergency (SOE) in Japan.
| Measure | Before SOE (N=473) | Last 2 weeksa (N=473) | P valueb | |
| Activity (hours/day), mean (95% CI) |
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Stay at home | 16.1 (15.7-16.6) | 18.8 (18.5-19.2) | <.001 |
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Reading books | 0.70 (0.58-0.82) | 1.1 (0.96-1.2) | <.001 |
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Playing video games | 1.5 (1.3-1.7) | 2.1 (1.9-2.3) | <.001 |
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Self-learning | 2.6 (2.4-2.8) | 4.0 (3.7-4.2) | <.001 |
| Subjective mental health status, n (%) |
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Very good | 85 (18.0) | 39 (8.2) | <.001 |
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Good | 171 (36.1) | 58 (12.2) | <.001 |
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Fair | 193 (40.8) | 286 (60.5) | <.001 |
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Bad | 18 (3.8) | 76 (16.1) | <.001 |
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Very bad | 6 (1.3) | 14 (3.0) | <.001 |
aThe base date of the last 2 weeks is the date when the participants answered the survey. The survey period was from June 8 to 14, 2020.
bP values were calculated with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.