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Table 3 Association of socio-demographic variables with CM-TBI

From: Misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among nursing students in India: implications for nursing care and curriculum

Demographic variables

n

CM-TBI score

Mean ± SD

t/F

P-value

Age (years)

 17-18

7

21.29 ± 5.99

0.837

0.404

 19-20

136

22.81 ± 4.63

Gender

 Female

138

22.76 ± 4.64

0.355

0.784

 Male

5

22.00 ± 6.52

Religion

 Christian

119

22.76 ± 4.61

0.125

0.899

 Hindu & others

24

22.63 ± 5.19

Year of Education

 Second

77

22.17 ± 4.69

1.566

0.117

 Third

66

23.39 ± 4.64

Type of family

 Nuclear

119

22.75 ± 4.70

0.077

0.939

 Joint

24

22.67 ± 4.72

Place of residence

 Urban

32

21.88 ± 4.98

1.075

0.344

 Rural

74

23.26 ± 4.79

 Semi-urban

37

22.43 ± 4.19

Vehicles owned

 Bicycle

35

22.26 ± 4.43

2.620

0.076

 2 &4-wheeler

82

22.34 ± 4.74

 No

26

24.62 ± 4.59

Prior exposure to brain injury

 Yes

47

22.85 ± 4.74

0.208

0.827

 No

96

22.68 ± 4.69

Overall Sample

143

22.73 ± 4.69

8.249*

0.001*

  1. *p <0 .05, based on one sample t-test on 1000 bootstrap samples using 19.5 (median for total score of 38) as cut-off for the population mean