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Table 2 Third year medical students’ Jefferson Scale of Empathy mean scores over time by group (N = 106)

From: Art-making in a family medicine clerkship: how does it affect medical student empathy?

Group

Pre-test

Post-test

Group X time

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F

p -value

Workshop (n)

      

Art-making (48)*

106.6

12.4

102.2

14.3

2.38

0.13

Problem-solving (58)

107.2

11.5

106.6

14.7

Gender (n)

      

Male (63)

107.1

11.9

104.3

15.9

0.24

0.62

Female (43)

106.7

11.9

105.1

12.7

Age (years) (n)

      

18-20 (36)

109.8

9.3

106.6

13.6

0.22

0.80

21-23 (61)

105.2

12.4

103.1

15.3

>23 (9)

107.2

15.9

107.0

13.6

Route of admission

      

JUPAS (40)

102.9

10.6

100.4

14.5

0.02

0.98

EAS (38)

109.4

10.5

107.5

13.9

Others (28)

109.3

13.9

106.7

14.8

  1. *t(47) =2.57, p-value <0.05 by paired t-test.