Table 1 Demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of a cohort of healthcare students trained at a regional tertiary adult acute care reference hospital in Italy
Variables | n = 733 | |
|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) age, year | 23.6 (3.1) | |
Males, n (%) | 279/733 (38.1) | |
Country of birth, n (%) | Italy | 692/733 (94.4) |
Israel | 12/733 (1.6) | |
Albania | 9/733 (1.2) | |
Others | 20/733 (2.7) | |
Born in a high TB incidence country*, n (%) | 12/733 (1.6) | |
Potential professional exposure, n (%) | Clinical students | 595/733 (81.2) |
Preclinical students | 138/733 (18.8) | |
Year of attendance, n (%) | Fourth | 270/733 (36.8) |
Fifth | 169/733 (23.1) | |
Others | 294/733 (40.1) | |
BCG immunization, n (%) | 13/733 (1.8) | |
Positive TST, n (%) | 10/733 (1.4) | |
Positive IGRA, n (%) | 4/10 (40) | |