Table 1.
Sociodemographic and academic characteristics.
| Total | 1st Year N (%) |
2nd Year N (%) |
3rd Year N (%) |
4th Year N (%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age—Median (IQR) | 21.0 (3.0) | 20.0 (3.0) | 21.0 (3.0) | 22.0 (2.0) | 23.0 (3.0) | <0.001 |
| Age by range | ||||||
| ≤20 | 488 (36.4) | 274 (65.7) | 153 (38.2) | 59 (16.3) | 2(1.2) | <0.001 |
| 21–24 | 640 (47.7) | 93 (22.3) | 184 (45.9) | 248 (68.5) | 115 (71.4) | |
| 25–28 | 126 (9.4) | 21 (5.0) | 38 (9.5) | 34 (9.4) | 33 (20.5) | |
| 29–32 | 31 (2.3) | 9 (2.2) | 8 (2.0) | 8 (2.2) | 6 (3.7) | |
| 33–36 | 29 (2.2) | 11 (2.6) | 8 (2.0) | 7 (1.9) | 3 (1.9) | |
| >37 | 27 (2.0) | 9 (2.2) | 10 (2.5) | 6 (1.7) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 1108 (83.7) | 347 (84.8) | 333 (83.9) | 294 (82.6) | 134 (83.2) | 0.861 |
| Male | 215 (16.3) | 62 (15.2) | 64 (16.1) | 62 (17.4) | 27 (16.8) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 1173 (86.8) | 368 (87.8) | 356 (88.1) | 303 (83.0) | 146 (89.6) | 0.089 |
| Married | 34 (2.5) | 11 (2.6) | 8 (2.0) | 10 (2.7) | 5 (3.1) | |
| Steady partner | 128 (9.5) | 34 (8.1) | 33 (8.2) | 49 (13.4) | 12 (7.4) | |
| Divorced | 7 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 5 (1.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Access route to university studies | ||||||
| University access test | 1015 (74.9) | 339 (80.0) | 282 (70.1) | 281 (76.8) | 113 (69.3) | <0.001 |
| Up to 25 years test * | 41 (3.0) | 16 (3.8) | 12 (3.0) | 11 (3.0) | 2 (1.2) | |
| Up to 45 years test ** | 7 (0.5) | 4 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Vocational training | 231 (17.0) | 43 (10.1) | 81 (20.1) | 65 (17.8) | 42 (25.8) | |
| Other university degree | 50 (3.7) | 20 (4.7) | 17 (4.2) | 8 (2.2) | 5 (3.1) | |
| University | ||||||
| University of Lleida | 319 (23.5) | 91 (21.5) | 92 (22.8) | 83 (22.7) | 53 (32.3) | <0.001 |
| University of Girona | 387 (28.5) | 123 (29.0) | 98 (24.3) | 113 (30.9) | 53 (32.3) | |
| University Rovira I Virgili (Tarragona) | 491 (36.2) | 167 (39.4) | 188 (46.5) | 96 (26.2) | 40 (24.4) | |
| Universidad de la Frontera (Chile) | 161 (11.9) | 43 (10.1) | 26 (6.4) | 74 (20.2) | 18 (11.0) | |
| Academic characteristics | ||||||
| Transfer of academic file | ||||||
| Yes | 87 (6.4) | 11 (2.6) | 32 (8.0) | 31 (8.5) | 13 (7.9) | 0.008 |
| No | 1261 (93.5) | 410 (97.4) | 367 (91.8) | 333 (91.5) | 151 (92.1) | |
| Clinical practice experience | ||||||
| Yes | 1081 (79.8) | 160 (37.8) | 396 (98.5) | 362 (98.9) | 163 (100) | <0.001 |
| No | 269 (19.9) | 261 (61.7) | 5 (1.2) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Financial burden | ||||||
| Working | ||||||
| Yes | 429 (31.7) | 121 (28.6) | 119 (29.6) | 127 (34.8) | 62 (38.0) | 0.040 |
| No | 922 (68.1) | 302 (71.4) | 283 (70.4) | 283 (70.4) | 100 (61.3) | |
| Weekly working hours—Median (IQR) | 15.0 (16.0) | 16.0 (17.0) | 15.0 (17.0) | 15.0 (14.0) | 20.0 (10.0) | 0.397 |
| Funding system | ||||||
| Own | 244 (18.0) | 70 (16.6) | 73 (18.1) | 64 (17.5) | 37 (22.6) | 0.020 |
| Family | 842 (62.2) | 280 (66.5) | 260 (64.5) | 217 (59.5) | 85 (51.8) | |
| Both | 267 (19.7) | 71 (16.9) | 70 (17.4) | 84 (23.0) | 42 (25.6) | |
| Scholarship awarded | ||||||
| Yes | 735 (54.2) | 223 (52.7) | 218 (54.0) | 204 (55.7) | 90 (54.9) | 794 |
| No | 621 (45.8) | 200 (47.3) | 185 (45.8) | 162 (44.3) | 74 (45.1) | |
| Family responsibilities | ||||||
| Children | ||||||
| 0 | 1243 (95.3) | 382 (95.3) | 372 (95.6) | 338 (95.2) | 151 (95.0) | 0.309 |
| 1 | 42 (3.2) | 12 (3.0) | 9 (2.3) | 13 (3.7) | 8 (5.0) | |
| 2 | 17 (1.3) | 7 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 3 | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Dependents | ||||||
| Yes | 21 (1.6) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.3) | 7 (1.9) | 4 (2.5) | 0.608 |
| No | 1312 (98.4) | 411 (98.8) | 390 (98.7) | 357 (98.1) | 154 (97.5) | |
Quantitative variables, such as age and weekly working hours, are expressed with median (IQR), and the p-value is obtained using the Kruskal–Wallis test. Qualitative variables are presented with the number of cases (percentage), and the p-value is calculated through the Chi-squared test. */**: Up to 25 * and 45 ** years test: according to Spanish law, people over twenty-five years of age or forty-five of years who pass the entrance test established in the royal decree 412/2014, June, 6th [23].