Table 2.
Health science students’ TV viewing
| Academic program | Watch TV | Type of TV program | Watch medical dramas | Format | Frequency (>1 time p/week) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | Movies | News | Sports | Total | Regular episodes on TV | Reruns on TV | DVD | Online platforms | ||||||||||
| Medicine | M 35 (97.2) | F 86 (100) | M 30 (83.3) | F 83 (9.5) | M 34 (94.4) | F 76 (88.4) | M 29 (8.6) | F 68 (79.1) | M 18 (50) | F 30 (3.9) | 57 (46) | M 12 (33.3) | F 45 (52.3)* | 10 (17.5) | 15 (26.3) | 1 (1.8) | 54 ** | 36 (29) |
| Nursing | M 20 (95.2) | F 122 (100) | M 20 (95.2) | F 115 (94.3) | M 17 (81) | F 96 (78.7) | M 17 (81) | F 66 (54)* | M 13 (61.9) | F 29 (23.8)* | 80 (55.9) | M 6 (28.6) | F 74 (70.7)* | 32 (40) | 13 (16.3) | 1 (1,3) | 94** | 78 (54.5)$ |
| Human Biology | M 18 (94.7) | F 68 (98.6) | M 18 (94.7) | F 65 (94.2) | M 19 (100) | F 65 (94.2) | M 15 (78.9) | F 45 (65.2) | M 10 (52.6) | F 22 (32.4) | 39 (44.3) | M 3 (15.8) | F 36 (52.2)* | 13 (33.3) | 12 (30.8) | -- | 42** | 25 (28.4) |
Data are expressed as number of cases and percentages in parentheses.
*Significantly different between genders, p < 0.05
**Significantly different from other formats, p < 0.05
$Significantly different from other academic programs