The Effect of Mnemonic Learning Strategy on Critical Care Nursing Students’ Tracheal Suction Skill Acquisition

Table 1

Comparison of students’ demographic and academic data between the study and control groups.

Students’ data	Study group (n = 140)		Control group (n = 140)		Test of sig.
	No	%	No	%
Demographic data
Gender
Male	90	64.3	94	67.1		0.615
Female	50	35.7	46	32.9
Age
<20	6	4.3	10	7.1		0.531
20–22	116	82.9	110	78.6
≥23	18	12.9	20	14.3
Mean ± SD	21.14 ± 1.14		21.14 ± 1.21		t = 0.051	0.959
Academic data
Last year grade
Excellent	7	4.9	5	3.5		^MCP = 0.982
Very good	51	24.3	44	31.4
Good	42	30.0	49	35
Fair	40	28.5	42	30
Previous hospital training
Yes	64	45.7	63	45.7		1.000
No	76	54.3	77	54.3

SD: standard deviation. t: Student’s t test. : Chi-square test. MC: Monte Carlo. : value for comparing the studied groups, statistically significant at .