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Table 3 Student attitudes about negative obesity stereotypes, empathy for obese patients and counseling confidence after interview with an overweight or obese standardized patient: average baseline and follow-up scores

From: An obesity educational intervention for medical students addressing weight bias and communication skills using standardized patients

Scale

Mean (SD) baseline scale score

Mean (SD) immediate post-test scale score

Percent of students with improved score from baseline to immediate post-test

P value of paired change between baseline and immediate post-test

Mean (SD) long-term follow-up scale score

Percent of students with improved score from baseline to long-term follow-up

P value of paired change between baseline and long-term follow-up

Negative Obesity Stereotypes

2.31 (0.55)

2.18 (0.57)

53.1%

0.002

2.29 (0.62)

57.8%

0.87

Empathy for Obese Patients

4.02 (0.54)

4.21 (0.57)

48.4%

<0.0001

4.15 (0.47)

47.7%

0.001

Confidence in Clinical Interaction with Obese Patients

2.41 (0.67)

3.61 (0.67)

86.7%

<0.0001

3.39 (0.66)

85.9%

<0.0001

  1. Student responses on scale scores averaged to a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agree (5) to strongly disagree (1).