Characteristics | With ISE n = 56 | Without ISE n = 509 | Total n = 565 | p-values |
Age, mean (SD) | 25.3 (4.33) | 27.9 (6.45) | 27.6 (6.28) | 0.000 |
Women % (n) | 82.1 (46) | 87.0 (442) | 86.5 | 0.206 |
Men % (n) | 17.9 (10) | 13.0 (66) | 13.5 |
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Previous upper secondary school education % (n) |
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3-year natural science programme | 30.2 (16) | 22.3 (112) | 23.1 | 0.429 |
3-year social science programme | 32.1 (17) | 28.9 (145) | 29.2 |
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3-year auxiliary nursing programme | 11.3 (6) | 16.3 (82) | 16.1 |
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Other programmes | 26.4 (14) | 32.5 (163) | 31.9 |
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University studies prior to entering the basic nursing education % (n) | 41.1 (23) | 34.2 (174) | 34.9 | 0.189 |
Work experience in healthcare prior to the basic nursing education % (n) | 58.9 (33) | 58.0 (294) | 58.1 | 0.505 |
- as auxiliary nurse % (n) | 72.7 (24) | 56.1(165) | 57.8 | 0.048 |
- as assistant nurse % (n) | 27.3 (9) | 36.1 (106) | 35.2 | 0.211 |
- as personal assistant % (n) | 18.2 (6) | 20.4 (60) | 20.2 | 0.486 |
- other healthcare work (unspecified) % (n) | 6.1 (2) | 12.9 (38) | 12.2 | 0.199 |
Healthcare work experience in months, mean (SD) | 28.2 (64.2) | 45.8 (93.2) | 44.6 (91.2) | 0.300 |
Proportion of students who were working at the same time as studying during their basic nursing education % (n) | 73.2 (41) | 69.2 (352) | 69.6 | 0.323 |