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Table 14 Learners’ willingness to volunteer and actual participation in pandemic-related-volunteering activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic by subgroups

From: Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Explanation of outcome

Subgroup

n

N

Pooled proportion (%)

Lower confidence interval (%)

Higher confidence interval (%)

I2 (%)

P-value for subgroup difference

Learners who volunteered by training level

Undergraduate

17

32 541

32.4

20.6

45.4

99.8

0.029

Postgraduate

6

2 059

9.1

0.4

26.2

99.0

Learners who volunteered by continent

North America

4

3 270

32.8

10.3

60.6

99.6

0.206

Europe

15

10 328

31.4

19.6

44.5

99.5

Asia

4

8 320

17.1

7.9

28.9

98.9

European

16

23 368

29.3

17.2

43.2

99.7

Eastern Mediterranean

3

9 393

39.5

18.0

63.3

99.7

Learners who volunteered by WHO region

American

5

3 316

25.3

7.1

49.8

99.5

0.672

European

16

23 368

29.3

17.2

43.2

99.7

Eastern Mediterranean

3

9 393

39.5

18.0

63.3

99.7

Learners who wanted to volunteer by training level

Undergraduate

21

26 890

61.2

46.4

75.1

99.8

0.187

Postgraduate

3

939

72.7

63.2

81.2

85.5

Learners who wanted to volunteer by continent

North America

5

2 040

68.3

49.4

84.6

98.6

0.201

Europe

6

3 701

43.3

17.0

71.8

99.6

Asia

13

11 794

71.3

61.0

80.5

99.2

Learners who wanted to volunteer by WHO region

American

6

12 473

59.0

27.8

86.6

99.8

0.015

European

7

3 941

47.4

21.6

74.0

99.6

Eastern Mediterranean

3

2 018

60.4

55.8

64.8

73.4

South East Asian

6

6 648

69.4

47.1

87.8

99.5

Western Pacific

3

2 888

83.7

71.0

93.3

97.9

  1. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) or trends (p < 0.1) are noted in bold
  2. n number of studies, N number of participants