Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample (N=29).
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VRa group (n=15) | Control group (n=14) | P value | |||
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Female gender, n (%) | 9 (60) | 9 (64) | .81 | ||
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Age (years), median (IQR) | 23 (22-25) | 22.5 (22-24) | .56 | ||
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Year of medical school, n (%) | .44 | ||||
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3 | 1 (7) | 2 (14) |
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4 | 14 (93) | 11 (79) |
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5 | 0 (0) | 1 (7) |
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Wears glasses, n (%) | 8 (53) | 8 (57) | .84 | ||
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Plays computer games regularly (Likert scale responseb), n (%) | .95 | ||||
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1 | 10 (67) | 10 (71) |
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2 | 4 (27) | 3 (21) |
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3 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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4 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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5 | 1 (7) | 1 (7) |
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Uses VR regularly (Likert scale responseb), n (%) | |||||
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1 | 15 (100) | 14 (100) |
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| Previous education and experience | ||||||
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Previous education in hand disinfection, n (%) | 14 (93) | 11 (79) | .25 | ||
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Previous education in PPE,c n (%) | 6 (40) | 3 (21) | .28 | ||
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Previous no. of swabs, median (IQR) | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) | .54 | ||
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Uses PPE regularly (Likert scale responseb), n (%) | .36 | ||||
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1 | 10 (67) | 8 (57) |
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2 | 3 (20) | 2 (14) |
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3 | 0 (0) | 3 (21) |
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4 | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
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5 | 1 (7) | 1 (7) |
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aVR: virtual reality.
bLikert scale: 1, completely disagree, to 5, completely agree.
cPPE: personal protective equipment.