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Table 3 Percentage of history questions asked by participants

From: Details acquired from medical history and patients’ experience of empathy – two sides of the same coin

 

Total

Part 1

Part 2

 

Mean (%)

95% CI

Mean (%)

95% CI

Mean (%)

95% CI

Total

56.4

53.5 – 59.3

61.1°

57.9 – 64.3

52.0

47.4 – 56.7

Female

58.3

55.3 – 61.3

61.8

58.5 – 65.1

55.3

50.6 – 60.1

Male

54.5

49.5 – 59.6

60.4

55.1 – 65.7

48.8

41.3 – 56.2

Case 1

56.9

52.8 – 61.0

59.9

53.5 – 66.3

54.0

45.9 – 62.1

Case 2

56.4

52.3 – 60.5

64.8

58.4 – 71.1

48.9

40.8 – 57.0

Case 3

70.9*

66.9 – 74.9

78.6**

72.7 – 84.5

64.3***

56.9 – 71.7

Case 4

46.6

42.5 – 50.8

50.1

43.7 – 56.5

42.7

34.7 – 50.8

Case 5

51.3

47.3 – 55.3

52.1

45.6 – 58.7

50.3

42.1 – 58.5

  1. Part 1 = patient’s symptoms, Part 2 = further history. *: Significant difference versus all cases (p < .01), **: Significant difference versus all cases (p < .05), ***: Significant difference versus case 4 (p < .05). °: Significant difference part 1 versus part 2 (p < .05).