| Variable |
Total N=1003 |
Male |
Female |
Gender Difference
P-value
(Effect Size) |
<65 years
n=730 (73%) |
≥65years
n=270 (27%) |
Age Difference
P-value
(Effect Size) |
| Learning Preferences |
Frequency
(Percent) |
Frequency
(Percent) |
Frequency
(Percent) |
|
|
|
|
Prefer Explanation
Yes
No |
561 (59.4)
384 (40.6) |
258 (59.3)
177 (40.7) |
303 (59.4)
207 (40.6) |
0 .975
(0.001) |
408 (59.0)
283 (41.0) |
152 (60.6)
99 (39.4) |
0.676
(0.014) |
Prefer Demonstration
Yes
No |
527 (55.7)
419 (44.3) |
216 (49.7)
219 (50.3) |
311 (60.9)
200 (39.1) |
0.001
(0.112) |
393 (56.9)
298 (43.1) |
132 (52.4)
120 (47.6) |
0.219
(0.098) |
Prefer Printed Materials
Yes
No |
317 (33.5)
629 (66.5) |
134 (30.8)
301 (69.2) |
183 (35.8)
328 (64.2) |
0.104
(.053) |
224 (32.4)
467 (67.6) |
93 (36.9)
159 (63.1) |
0 .197
(0.042) |
Prefer Videotapes
Yes
No |
5 (0.5)
941 (99.5) |
5 (1.1)
430 (98.9) |
0 (0.0)
511 (100) |
0.115
(0.079) |
4 (0.6)
687 (99.4) |
1 (0.4)
251 (99.6) |
0.733
(0.011) |
| Motivation to Learn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asks Questions
Yes
No |
647 (68.6)
296 (31.4) |
311 (71.7)
123 (28.3) |
336 (66.0)
173 (34.0) |
0.063
(0.06) |
497 (72.1)
192 (27.9) |
148 (59.0)
103 (41.0) |
<0.001
(0.126) |
Eager to Learn
Yes
No |
479 (50.8)
464 (49.2) |
226 (52.1)
208 (47.9) |
253 (49.7)
256 (50.3) |
0 .468
(0.024) |
375 (54.4)
314 (45.6) |
103 (41.0)
148 (59.0) |
<0.001
(0.119) |
Anxious
Yes
No |
100 (10.6)
843 (89.4) |
39 (9.0)
395 (91.0) |
61 (12.0)
448 (88.0) |
0.136
(0.049) |
61 (8.9)
628 (91.1) |
39 (15.5)
212 (84.5) |
<0.003
(.096) |
Calm
Yes
No |
282 (29.9)
661 (70.1) |
125 (28.8)
309 (71.2) |
157 (30.8)
352 (69.2) |
0.495
(0.022) |
202 (29.3)
487 (70.7) |
78 (31.1)
173 (68.9) |
0.602
(0.017) |
Uncooperative
Yes
No |
7 (0.7)
936 (99.3) |
0 (0.0)
434 (100) |
7 (1.4)
502 (98.6) |
0.014
(0.080) |
5 (0.7)
684 (99.3) |
2 (0.8)
249 (99.2) |
0.911
(0.004) |
Uninterested
Yes
No |
21 (2.2)
922 (97.8) |
11 (2.5)
423 (97.5) |
10 (2.0)
499 (98.0) |
0.554
(.019) |
14 (2.0)
675 (98.0) |
7 (2.8)
244 (97.2) |
0.487
(.023) |
Denies the Need for Education
Yes
No |
1 (0.1)
942 (99.9) |
1 (0.2)
433 (99.8) |
0 (0.0)
509 (100) |
0.279
(0.035) |
1 (0.1)
688 (99.9) |
0 (0.0)
251 (100) |
0.546
(0.020) |
Confused
Yes
No |
31 (3.3)
912 (96.7) |
7 (1.6)
427 (98.4) |
24 (4.7)
485 (95.3) |
0 .008
(.087) |
8 (1.2)
681 (98.8) |
23 (9.2)
228 (90.8) |
<0.001
(0.198) |
Learning Preference and Motivation are non clinical measures