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. 2021 Dec 7;23(12):e21681. doi: 10.2196/21681

Table 2.

The percentage of participants completing the course, satisfied with the course, or agreeing with various statements about the course in the course feedback survey in different participant groups, and the absolute difference between groups. Italicized values indicate materially significant (>5%) differences between groups.

Participant groups Course completion (%) Course feedback survey data (%)


Satisfied Above average quality Improved understanding Could understand Language too technical Too much material Not enough material Can improve care Can improve quality of life Would recommend Already applied
University education, n (%)

No 744 (63.64) 582 (97.82) 583 (98.31) 562 (96.1) 572 (97.28) 47 (8.06) 28 (4.79) 69 (11.82) 551 (94.03) 528 (90.26) 572 (98.28) 391 (66.95)

Yes 1162 (68.07) 920 (96.44) 936 (98.42) 874 (93.6) 919 (98.08) 65 (6.96) 48 (5.17) 152 (16.34) 856 (92.04) 829 (89.72) 899 (96.98) 554 (61.15)

|x-y|a(%) 4.43 1.38 0.11 2.49 0.80 1.10 0.37 4.53 1.98 0.54 1.30 5.80b
MSc status, n (%)

People with MS 539 (58.08) 420 (96.11) 421 (97) 387 (89.79) 418 (96.76) 32 (7.44) 22 (5.14) 67 (15.55) 383 (89.07) 369 (87.03) 413 (96.72) 281 (66.59)

People not living with MS 1455 (69.42) 1082 (97.3) 1098 (98.92) 1049 (96.42) 1073 (98.17) 80 (7.36) 54 (4.98) 154 (14.22) 1024 (94.29) 988 (91.06) 1038 (97.78) 664 (62.17)

|x-y| (%) 11.34b 1.19 1.91 6.62b 1.41 0.08 0.16 1.33 5.22b 4.03 1.06 4.42
Caregiver status, n (%)

No 877 (71.07) 672 (97.39) 678 (98.55) 646 (95.99) 666 (98.09) 49 (7.25) 33 (4.9) 101 (15.05) 630 (93.75) 610 (90.77) 654 (97.32) 388 (58.7)

Yes 578 (67.05) 410 (97.16) 420 (99.53) 403 (97.11) 407 (98.31) 31 (7.54) 21 (5.12) 53 (12.86) 394 (95.17) 378 (91.53) 404 (98.54) 276 (67.81)

|x-y| (%) 4.02 0.23 0.98 1.12 0.22 0.29 0.21 2.19 1.42 0.75 1.22 9.11b
Sex, n (%)

Female 1985 (67.52) 1149 (96.96) 1166 (98.56) 1098 (94.33) 1150 (98.29) 73 (6.28) 48 (4.13) 166 (14.27) 1086 (93.38) 1043 (89.99) 1127 (97.41) 728 (63.69)
Male 366 (66.30) 221 (97.36) 221 (98.22) 210 (95.45) 210 (95.02) 26 (11.76) 21 (9.63) 39 (17.73) 200 (91.74) 196 (90.74) 214 (97.72) 139 (64.65)
|x-y| (%) 1.21 0.39 0.34 1.12 3.27 5.48b 5.51b 3.45 1.64 0.75 0.36 0.96

a|x-y|: absolute difference between groups.

bMaterially significant difference level was set at >5%.

cMS: multiple sclerosis.