Research Article
Obstacles of Online Learning Facing Nursing Students after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Table 1
Participants’ characteristics and scores on outcome variables (N = 325).
| Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
| Gender | | | Male | 99 | 30.5 | Female | 226 | 69.5 | Marital status | | | Single | 245 | 75.4 | Married | 71 | 21.8 | Divorced/Widowed | 9 | 2.8 | Number of family members | | | Less than 5 members | 63 | 19.4 | 5–9 members | 238 | 73.2 | 10 or more members | 24 | 7.4 | Family income | | | Less than 500 USD | 163 | 50.2 | 500–999 USD | 136 | 41.8 | 1000–1499 USD | 18 | 5.5 | 1500 USD or more | 8 | 2.5 | Geographical region | | | Northern | 203 | 62.5 | Middle | 112 | 34.5 | Southern | 10 | 3.1 | Living place | | | With family | 309 | 95.1 | University dormitory | 7 | 2.2 | With colleagues/friends | 5 | 1.5 | Alone | 4 | 1.2 | Study program | | | Bachelor program | 159 | 48.9 | Bridging program (diploma-to-bachelor) | 166 | 51.1 | Study year | | | 1st year | 64 | 19.7 | 2nd year | 37 | 11.4 | 3rd year | 101 | 31.1 | ≥4th year | 123 | 37.8 | University | | | Governmental | 105 | 32.3 | Private | 220 | 67.7 | Available Internet | | | Not available | 6 | 1.8 | Mobile data | 138 | 42.5 | Internet router | 117 | 36.0 | Two sources | 64 | 19.7 | Available devices | | | Mobile phone | 207 | 63.7 | Desktop computer | 8 | 2.5 | Laptop | 4 | 1.2 | Tablet | 3 | 0.9 | More than one device | 103 | 31.7 |
| Outcome scores | Mean | Standard deviation |
| Item 1 | 3.04 | 1.24 | Item 2 | 3.28 | 1.30 | Item 3 | 2.49 | 1.19 |
| Academic obstacles | 2.94 | 0.95 | Item 4 | 2.87 | 1.20 | Item 5 | 3.12 | 1.16 | Item 6 | 2.60 | 1.13 | Item 7 | 3.49 | 1.16 | Item 8 | 2.41 | 1.04 |
| Technological obstacles | 2.90 | 0.83 | Item 9 | 3.14 | 1.19 | Item 10 | 3.30 | 1.20 | Item 11 | 3.30 | 1.19 |
| Administrative obstacles | 3.25 | 1.00 | Overall obstacles’ score | 3.00 | 0.78 |
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