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. 2022 Jan 18;22:44. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03121-3

Table 3.

Comparisons between knowledge, attitude, and barriers scores according to Father and mother education, residence and Academic stage by Mann–whitney test

hba Father education P-value Mother education P-value Residence P-value Academic stage P-value
Below college Above college Below college Above college Rural Urban Basic Clinical
Knowledge score 1.89 (1.57) 2.18 (1.6)  < 0.001* 1.88 (1.5) 2.22 (1.63)  < 0.001* 2.01 (1.59) 2.13 (1.59) 0.07 1.84 (1.52) 2.34 (1.62)  < 0.001*
Research usefulness for profession 23.55 (3.32) 24.72 (2.68)  < 0.001* 23.53 (3.32) 24.9 (2.53)  < 0.001* 23.97 (3.15) 24.58 (2.8)  < 0.001* 24.26 (3.01) 24.54 (2.82) 0.15
Research anxiety 15.34 (3.63 14.86 (3.99)  < 0.001* 15.22 (3.66) 14.87 (4.03)  < 0.001* 15.28 (3.74) 14.88 (3.96) 0.002* 15.28 (3.84) 14.73 (3.94)  < 0.001*
Positive attitudes towards research 17.13 (3.27) 17.71 (3.4)  < 0.001* 17.06 (3.35) 17.83 (3.37)  < 0.001* 17.39 (3.44) 17.62 (3.36) 0.94 17.7 (3.33) 17.4 (3.43)  < 0.001*
Relevance to life 9.04 (1.74) 9.18 (1.23)  < 0.001* 9.01 (1.79) 9.22 (1.82)  < 0.001* 8.94 (1.78) 9.23 (1.82)  < 0.001* 9.06 (1.82) 9.22 (1.8) 0.07
Research difficulty 5.64 (1.42) 5.55 (1.58)  < 0.001* 5.6 (1.46) 5.56 (1.58) 0.01* 5.52 (1.47) 5.6 (1.57) 0.001* 5.62 (1.54) 5.53 (1.54) 0.16
Burden of Barriers score 76.21 (11.24) 78.36 (10.82)  < 0.001* 76.69 (11.04) 78.39 (10.9) 0.001* 76.86 (11.4) 78.14 (10.78) 0.023* 76.6 (11.31) 78.89 (10.53)  < 0.001*

Scores are presented as Mean (SD)