TABLE 1.
Background characteristics of the students participating in the survey
| Variable | Total (n = 173) | Histology (n = 89) | Pathology (n = 84) | P‐value a | Final examination grade (0–80) (n = 52) | Final examination grade (80–100) (n = 114) | P‐value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 100 (57.8) | 54 (60.7) | 46 (54.8) | 0.43 | 25 (48.1) | 72 (63.2) | 0.07 |
| Male | 73 (42.2) | 35 (39.3) | 38 (45.2) | 27 (51.9) | 42 (36.8) | ||
| First language | |||||||
| English | 19 (11.0) | 14 (15.7) | 5 (6.0) | 0.05 | 7 (13.5) | 12 (10.5) | 0.59 |
| Greek | 103 (59.5) | 54 (60.7) | 49 (58.3) | 32 (61.5) | 65 (57.0) | ||
| Other | 51 (29.5) | 21 (23.6) | 30 (35.7) | 13 (25.0) | 37 (32.5) | ||
| Holder of another degree | |||||||
| Yes | 22 (13.0) | 7 (8.2) | 15 (17.9) | 0.06 | 6 (12.0) | 16 (14.3) | 0.45 |
| No | 147 (87.0) | 78 (91.8) | 69 (82.1) | 44 (88.0) | 96 (85.7) | ||
| Place of attending online classes | |||||||
| Home country | 145 (83.8) | 79 (88.8) | 66 (78.6) | 0.07 | 40 (76.9) | 98 (86.0) | 0.16 |
| Away from home | 28 (16.2) | 10 (11.2) | 18 (21.4) | 12 (23.1) | 16 (14.0) | ||
| Living situation | |||||||
| With someone else | 141 (81.5) | 78 (87.6) | 63 (75.0) | 0.03 | 40 (76.9) | 95 (83.3) | 0.33 |
| Alone | 32 (18.5) | 11 (12.4) | 21 (25.0) | 12 (23.1) | 19 (16.7) | ||
| Familiarity with technology | |||||||
| Expert | 22 (12.7) | 12 (13.5) | 10 (11.9) | 0.29 | 6 (11.5) | 16 (14.0) | 0.84 |
| Advanced | 99 (57.2) | 55 (61.8) | 44 (52.4) | 29 (55.8) | 65 (57.0) | ||
| Intermediate | 52 (30.1) | 22 (24.7) | 30 (35.7) | 17 (32.7) | 33 (28.9) | ||
| Beginner | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Quality of internet connection | |||||||
| Very good | 83 (48.0) | 41 (46.1) | 42 (50.0) | 0.39 | 23 (44.2) | 59 (51.8) | 0.04 |
| Average | 81 (46.8) | 45 (50.6) | 36 (42.9) | 29 (55.8) | 46 (40.4) | ||
| Poor | 9 (5.2) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (7.9) | ||
| Device for attending the course | |||||||
| Smartphone | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0.38 | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.38 |
| Tablet | 14 (8.1) | 9 (10.1) | 5 (6.0) | 3 (5.8) | 8 (7.0) | ||
| Laptop | 152 (87.9) | 76 (85.4) | 76 (90.5) | 47 (90.4) | 101 (88.6) | ||
| Desktop | 6 (3.5) | 4 (4.5) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.9) | 5 (4.4) | ||
| Perception for best mode of future course delivery | |||||||
| Entirely on campus | 53 (33.1) | 31 (38.8) | 22 (27.5) | 0.32 | 19 (37.3) | 33 (31.4) | 0.48 |
| Entirely online | 7 (4.4) | 3 (3.8) | 4 (5.0) | 1 (2.0) | 6 (5.7) | ||
| Blended | 100 (62.5) | 46 (57.5) | 54 (67.5) | 31 (60.8) | 66 (62.9) | ||
| Perceived stress (0–40) b | |||||||
| Total perceived stress | 20.1 (8.7) | 18.6 (8.8) | 21.7 (8.5) | 0.03 | 21.0 (8.2) | 19.4 (9.0) | 0.30 |
| Low | 37 (22.7) | 26 (31.3) | 11 (13.8) | 8 (15.4) | 29 (27.1) | 0.13 | |
| Moderate | 85 (52.1) | 40 (48.2) | 45 (56.3) | 33 (63.5) | 51 (47.7) | ||
| High | 41 (25.2) | 17 (20.5) | 24 (30.0) | 11 (21.5) | 27 (25.2) | ||
Significant results are given in Bold.
a
Chi‐square test or independent samples t‐test.
b
The tool used to assess the variable “Perceived Stress” was the perceived stress scale‐10 (PSS‐10), which is composed of 10 five‐point Likert scale items where 0 = never and 4 = very often and its processing gives scores ranging from 0 to 40 [0–13 (low stress); 14–26 (moderate stress); 27–40 (severe stress)].