Table 5.

Categories, examples and quantified responses by category for the questions ‘what is currently occupying you most in your current study situation?’ in May 2020 (n=132)

What is currently occupying you most?		Whole sample (n=132) mentioned	Dental students (n=44) mentioned	Medical students (n=88) mentioned	χ2	df	P value
Category and subcategory	Example	%	%	%
Difficulties with self-regulated learning (n=20; 15.2%) Self-motivation Difficulties with new learning environment	‘Self-motivation- the exchange with fellow students and lecturers is missing, and therefore one has to motivate oneself every day anew to sit down at home (the library as a room for studying is also missing) and to motivate oneself to nevertheless 'attend' all study courses in time and to catch up on the study-work.’ ‘Since I don't have the proper learning environment at home, I found it difficult to learn the very extensive content in an appropriate manner.’	15.2	15.9	14.8	0.03	1	0.864
Study-related worries and uncertainty (n=19; 14.4%) Concerns to perform worse/to fail Study-related uncertainty	‘Extreme pressure to teach myself the mass of content in a short time through e-learning in order to succeed on the exam.’ ‘The uncertainty of if and when face-to-face classes can be held again, and if potentially my study time will be extended due to this pandemic.’	14.4	20.5	11.4	1.97	1	0.161
Lack of feedback from other students and lecturers (n=15; 11.4%)	‘Due to the online format, the exchange with fellow students and the lecturers is missing. (…).’	11.4	11.4	11.4	0.00	1	1.000
Lack of practical training (n=13; 9.8%)	‘The practical components in dental education are essential and (…) are now being cancelled. (…)’	9.8	20.5	4.5	8.36	1	0.004
Other (n=9; 6.8%)	‘Lack of available childcare. Learning with (…) children at home is a challenge.’	6.8	11.4	4.5	2.15	1	0.143

P value, significance level p<0.05.

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