Table 4.
Comparisons between knowledge, attitude, and barriers scores according to the country of the student by Kruskal Wallis test
| Country | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Egypt | Jordan | Palestine | Sudan | Syria | ||
| Knowledge score | 2.15 (1.39) | 2.11 (1.60 | 2.19 (1.66) | 2.18 (1.64) | 1.77 (1.48) | 2.11 (1.70) | 0.005* |
| Research usefulness for profession | 24.99 (2.34) | 25 (2.18) | 25.16 (2.61) | 24.45 (2.84) | 24.33 (2.81) | 22.42 (3.68) | < 0.001* |
| Research anxiety | 15.7 (3.75) | 14.96 (3.95) | 14.53 (4.16) | 14.69 (4.12) | 14 (6.99) | 15.69 (3.26) | < 0.001* |
| Positive attitudes towards research | 18.17 (2.37) | 17.7 (3.48) | 18.24 (3.41) | 13.58 (3.5) | 17.27 (3.85) | 16.37 (3.2) | < 0.001* |
| Relevance to life | 9.43 (1.8) | 9.22 (1.9) | 9.23 (1.74) | 9.24 (1.89) | 9 (1.85) | 8.74 (1.53) | < 0.001* |
| Research difficulty | 5.5 (1.48) | 5.44 (1.54) | 5.45 (1.47) | 5.36 (1.54) | 5.4 (2.67) | 5.95 (1.23) | 0.128 |
| Burden of Barriers score | 77.97 (9.8) | 77.76 (10.94 | 81.32 (11.36 | 75 (10.5) | 78.35 (11.43) | 76.43 (10.9) | < 0.001* |
Scores presented as Mean (SD)