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Table 2 Comparison between historic control and intervention group on final placement preferences

From: Influencing nursing students’ perceptions of community care with curriculum-redesign; a quasi-experimental cohort study

Placement preferences in % (n)

Historic control/Old curriculum

(n = 477)

Intervention/New curriculum

(n = 170)

Cases missing in total

Test-value

P (2-tailed)

General hospital

72.7% (347)

76.5% (130)

0

χ2 = 0.897

0.343

Mental health care

12.8% (61)

8.8% (15)

0

χ2 = 1.900

0.168

Community care

9.2% (44)

8.2% (14)

0

χ2 = 0.150

0.698

Medical rehabilitation

3.6% (17)

3.5% (6)

0

χ2 = 0.000

0.983

Care for mentally disabled

1.0% (5)

2.9% (5)

0

NA*

NA*

Elderly care

0.8% (4)

0.6% (1)

0

NA*

NA*

  1. *Not applicable: expected count < 5