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. 2021 Aug 16;20:145. doi: 10.1186/s12912-021-00668-2

Table 4.

The comparison of the domain scores and total students’ attitudes toward the elderly before and after the study in the experimental and control groups

Time Students' attitude toward the elderly Pre-test Post-test Paired t-test
M SD M SD
The experimental group Prejudice to the elderly 56.6 6.2 78.5 5.7 p = 0.001
Appreciation of the elderly 58.6 6.3 78.8 6.9 p = 0.001
The total knowledge 114.69 8.4 157.31 10.7 p = 0.0001
The control group Prejudice to the elderly 56.3 7.1 52.6 10.1 p = 0.06
Appreciation of the elderly 56.9 10.9 52.9 8.4 p = 0.1
The total knowledge 113.34 13.6 108.5 16.6 p = 0.3