Peer role-play and standardised patients in communication training: a comparative study on the student perspective on acceptability, realism, and perceived effect

Table 2 Consistency of the two study groups

Items	Peer role-play (RP) group	Standardized patient (SP) group	P
Male	19 (61.3%)	15 (45.5%)	n.s.
Female	11 (35.5%)	16 (48.5%)	n.s.
Sex not specified	1 (3.2%)	2 (6.0%)	-
Age	23.7 ± .7	25.5 ± 3.0	< .002
Semester	9.2 ± .7	9.3 ± .8	n.s.
Motivation	5.1 ± .6	4.9 ± .9	n.s.
Self-assessment of communication skills	6.20 ± 1.02	6.51 ± 1.41	n.s.

To demonstrate consistency of the two study groups, the distribution of sex, age, semester, study motivation, and pre-intervention self-assessment of communication skills with parents of sick children are presented for each group (RP group N = 31, SP group N = 33). Age in years, semester in number of semesters of medical study, study motivation ranging from 6 = very high to 1 = very low, self-assessment of communication with parents of sick children as overall score of specific and general communication skills using a 10-point Likert scale ranging from 10 = totally agree to 1 = don't agree at all. Values are stated as means and standard deviations (SD) or N and percentage (%), including level of significance (p) calculated using the least significant difference test.

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