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Table 2 Third-Year Medical Students' and Registered Nurses' Psychological Distress Scores for Two Dimensions of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Indiana University Hospital, 2003–04

From: Evaluating the quality of interaction between medical students and nurses in a large teaching hospital

 

BSI Dimensions*

Survey Respondents

Interpersonal Sensitivity

Hostility

Medical Students

1.56 (0.82)†

0.39 (0.50)†

Nurses

1.03 (0.85)

0.59 (0.64)

  1. * The BSI dimensions are ranked on a 0 to 4 scale, with 4 representing the most distress; scores are expressed as mean (SD); n = 68 medical students and 97 nurses.
  2. † Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.01, compared to corresponding nurses' score.
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