Time-to-event analysis of individual variables associated with nursing students' academic failure: A longitudinal study

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1047-1065

  Dante, Angelo ^a   Fabris, Stefano ^b   Palese, Alvisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic failure; Attrition; Individual factors; Italy; Longitudinal; Nursing program; Time to event

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888047041     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-013-9448-6     Document Type: Article

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