Assessing the effect of virtual education on information literacy competency for evidence-based practice among the undergraduate nursing students

Table 2 Comparison of demographic and professional information of the nursing students between the intervention and control groups

Variables	Groups	Intervention		Control		Statistic)χ2(	p- value
	categories	n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	18	64.20	27	67.50	3.60	0.06
Gender	Female	21	53.80	13	32.50	3.60	0.06
Marital status	Single	28	71.80	34	85.00	2.03	0.15
Marital status	Married	11	28.20	6	15.00	2.03	0.15
Work experience in clinical setting (yr)	None	15	38.50	18	45.00	1.10	0.57
Work experience in clinical setting (yr)	Student work	24	61.50	22	55.00
Attendance at nursing research courses	Yes	16	42.10	10	25	2.56	0.11
Attendance at nursing research courses	No	23	57.90	30	75	2.56	0.11
Attendance at computer skills courses	Yes	11	28.20	12	30.00	0.03	0.86
Attendance at computer skills courses	No	28	71.80	28	70.00	0.03	0.86
Attendance at information literacy courses	Yes	7	17.90	7	17.50	0.003	0.95
Attendance at information literacy courses	No	32	82.10	33	82.50	0.003	0.95
Willingness to use electronic databases and electronic journals	Low	6	15.80	12	32.40	3.19	0.20
	Moderate	18	47.40	16	43.20
	High	14	36.80	9	24.30

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