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Table 3 Students’ demographical data and results on the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire

From: Comparison of pain neurophysiology knowledge among health sciences students: a cross-sectional study

 

Medicine

Physiotherapy

Nutrition

First-year students

 n

60

65

47

 Age (years)

18.9 (1.5)

19.8 (3.1)

20.4 (3.5)

 Gender (women %)

75.0 %

53.8 %

76.6 %

 NPQ score (%)

42.2 (13.2)

42.7 (11.7)

41.3 (10.1)

Final-year students

 n

53

42

17

 Age (years)

22.9 (1.8)

22.4 (3.3)

23.4 (6.9)

 Gender (women %)

73.6 %

69.0 %

82.4 %

 NPQ score (%)

54.4 (13.9)*

68.9 (16.2)*

42.3 (10.1)

  1. Values indicate percentage of correct responses mean (standard deviation)
  2. NPQ Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire
  3. * p < 0.05 (Mann–Whitney U test, analysis between the first and final years)