Empathy in Chinese medical students: psychometric characteristics and differences by gender and year of medical education

Table 4 Group comparison scores of the Chinese version of the Jefferson scale of medical student empathy

Groups	Number	Mean	SD	Statistical significance
Gender
Male	277	106.29	13.53	p < 0.05
Female	476	111.53	10.72	t ₍₇₅₃₎ = 5.57
Age
<22 years old	538	114.01	13.08	p = 0.20
≥22 years old	215	112.63	13.94	t ₍₇₅₃₎ = 1.29
Academic year*
1^st year^a	181	107.36	13.35	p < 0.05
2^nd year	217	109.19	11.39	F _{(3, 753)} = 3.08
3^rd year	249	110.50	10.80	F _{(3, 753)} = 3.08
4^th year^b	106	112.12	13.55

Notes: A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.
* One-way ANOVA. Mean scores followed by the same letter do not differ according to Student–Newman–Keuls test.

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