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Table 4 Percentage of aspects voluntarily presented by standardized patients

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

17.2

14.9 – 19.5

27.9°

24.0 – 31.7

6.5

4.6 – 8.4

Female

16.5

14.2 – 18.9

25.9

22.0 – 29.8

6.8

4.9 – 8.7

Male

17.9

15.2 – 20.6

29.8 #

25.3 – 34.4

6.1

3.8 – 8.4

Case 1

12.1**

6.9 – 17.4

20.0**

11.3 – 28.7

5.5

1.2 – 9.7

Case 2

16.6

11.3 – 21.8

25.5

16.8 – 34.1

9.1

4.8 – 13.3

Case 3

6.9*

2.3 – 11.6

13.8*

6.1 – 25.5

1.7

-2.1 – 5.5

Case 4

26.9

21.6 – 32.1

42.1

33.4 – 50.8

7.7

3.5 – 12.0

Case 5

23.5

18.2 – 28.8

37.9

29.1 – 46.6

8.4

4.1 – 12.7

  1. Part 1 = patient’s symptoms, Part 2 = further history. *: Significant difference versus cases 4 and 5 (p < .01), **: Significant difference versus case 4 (p < .05). #: Significant difference male versus female (p < .05), °: Significant difference part 1 versus part 2 (p < .01).