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Table 1 Demographics

From: A randomized control trial to evaluate the importance of pre-training basic laparoscopic psychomotor skills upon the learning curve of laparoscopic intra-corporeal knot tying

 

Group

G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

Age

24.2 ± 0.7

22.3 ± 0.4

22.0 ± 0.3

22.5 ± 0.4

23.9 ± 1.1

Gender

 Male

7 (44%)

7 (44%)

6 (38%)

5 (31%)

9 (56%)

 Female

9 (56%)

9 (56%)

10 (62%)

11 (69%)

7 (44%)

Dominant hand

 Right

13 (81%)

12 (75%)

14 (88%)

16 (100%)

15 (94%)

 Left

3 (19%)

4 (25%)

2 (12%)

0 (0%)

1 (6%)

Hands size

 Small

7 (44%)

5 (31%)

7 (44%)

7 (44%)

2 (12%)

 Medium

8 (50%)

8 (50%)

6 (38%)

7 (44%)

12 (75%)

 Large

1 (6%)

3 (19%)

3 (18%)

2 (12%)

2 (12%)

Interest in surgery

7.4 ± 0.5

7.7 ± 0.6

5.8 ± 0.6

6.6 ± 0.6

7.4 ± 0.7

Experience in video games

3.7 ± 0.9

6.5 ± 0.8

5.1 ± 0.7

4.6 ± 0.7

5.2 ± 1.0

  1. Age, interest in surgery, and experience in video games are presented as mean ± SEM. Gender, dominant hand, and hand size are presented as number (%)