Evaluation of the acceptability of Peer Physical Examination (PPE) in medical and osteopathic students: a cross sectional survey

Table 3 Differences in the mean score of the new questionnaire for type of school, gender, religious belief and geographical area

	Score	Gender	p	Religious belief	p	Geographic area ^(a)	p
Medical st.	43.40 ± 8.9 ¹	m: 46.35 ± 9.3	<0.05	y: 42.84 ± 9.5	n.s.	centre: 43.80 ± 9.6	n.s.
Medical st.	43.40 ± 8.9 ¹	f : 42.05 ± 8.5	<0.05	n: 44.09 ± 8.1	n.s.	south: 43.04 ± 7.7	n.s.
Full time osteopathic st.	51.06 ± 5.6²	m: 52.14 ± 4.7	n.s.	y: 50.65 ± 4.7	n.s.	centre: 51.30 ± 5.9	n.s.
Full time osteopathic st.	51.06 ± 5.6²	f : 48.55 ± 7.1	n.s.	n: 51.90 ± 7.3	n.s.	south: 52.00 ± 3.1	n.s.
Part time osteopathic st.	54.28 ± 6.3²	m: 54.68 ± 6.3	n.s.	y: 53.81 ± 6.8	n.s.	centre: 54.91 ± 5.3	n.s.
Part time osteopathic st.	54.28 ± 6.3²	f : 53.70 ± 6.3	n.s.	n: 55.33 ± 5.3	n.s.	south: 53.76 ± 6.8	n.s.
All osteopathic st.	53.42 ± 6.3¹	m: 53.91 ± 6.0	n.s.	y: 52.95 ± 6.4	n.s.	centre: 53.81 ± 5.7	n.s.
All osteopathic st.	53.42 ± 6.3¹	f : 52.63 ± 6.7	n.s.	n: 54.40 ± 6.0	n.s.	south: 53.32 ± 6.0	n.s.

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
Maximun theoretical score = 64.
(a) –four students coming from northern regions were excluded from the analysis due to the low number, 10 missing values.
1: medical students vs all osteopathic students and separately vs full or part time osteopathic students: p < 0.01;
2: full time vs part time osteopathic students: p < 0.05; n.s.: not significant.

ISSN: 1472-6920