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Table 1 Number and percentage of participants (2015–2016 and 2016–2017 academic years) citing the different semantic categories before and after the simulation experience, for all free association tests

From: Aging-simulation experience: impact on health professionals’ social representations

Categories

Participants before

(n = 306)

Participants after (n = 306)

P value

Decreased hearing

268 (88%)

242 (79%)

.002

Decreased vision

268 (88%)

282 (92%)

.72

Stiffness

34 (11%)

52 (17%)

.02

Slowness

232 (76%)

190 (62%)

< .001

Loss of balance

246 (80%)

251 (82%)

.60

Fall

66 (22%)

62 (20%)

.64

Clumsiness

130 (42%)

137 (45%)

.55

Negative emotions

127 (42%)

144 (47%)

.11

Loneliness

35 (11%)

76 (25%)

< .001

Difficulties

129 (42%)

183 (60%)

< .001

  1. We expressed results as numbers and percentages in brackets, except for p values