From: Psychiatric patients’ perspectives of student involvement in their care
Parameter | Total | Women | Men | Previously met with students | Not met with students | ||
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Mean (SD) | t value*, p value | Mean (SD) | t value* p value | ||||
Comfort level with student involvement | |||||||
Attend/participate | 3.45 (1.43) | 3.31 (1.42) | 3.67 (1.38) | −2.99, 0.003 | 3.65 (1.36) | 3.17 (1.45) | 4.01, <0.001 |
Performing questioning or counseling together with my doctor/nurse therapist | 3.33 (1.45) | 3.25 (1.45) | 3.50 (1.41) | −2.08, 0.038 | 3.57 (1.36) | 3.05 (1.49) | 4.21, <0.001 |
Independently performing questioning or counseling and consult my therapist if needed. | 2.93 (1.46) | 2.79 (1.43) | 3.19 (1.46) | −3.27, 0.001 | 3.17 (1.41) | 2.64 (1.46) | 4.27, <0.001 |
Comfort level with student gender | |||||||
Female students | 3.93 (1.40) | 3.89 (1.40) | 3.99 (1.37) | −0.81, 0.416 | 4.12 (1.28) | 3.71 (1.47) | 3.43, 0.001 |
Male students | 3.57 (1.56) | 3.38 (1.60) | 3.87 (1.45) | −3.66, 0.000 | 3.71 (1.52) | 3.43 (1.58) | 2.15, 0.032 |
Comfort level with student age | |||||||
A very young student | 3.27 (1.51) | 3.14 (1.52) | 3.47 (1.49) | −2.57, 0.010 | 3.47 (1.46) | 3.03 (1.53) | 3.34, 0.001 |
Attitudes toward student involvement | |||||||
It is important that students meet patients during their education | 4.43 (1.00) | 4.43 (1.00) | 4.36 (1.07) | 0.74, 0.459 | 4.53 (0.88) | 4.34 (1.07) | 2.56, 0.024 |
Enjoyed experiences with students | 3.30 (1.36) | 3.22 (1.36) | 3.43 (1.34) | −1.48, 0.139 | 3.36 (1.35) | NA | NA |
Preference for teaching hospitals | 3.34 (1.51) | 3.19 (1.48) | 3.50 (1.52) | −1.81, 0.071 | 3.45 (1.46) | 3.07 (1.57) | 2.16, 0.031 |
Students increase the quality of care | 3.33 (1.31) | 3.28 (1.29) | 3.38 (1.35) | −0.84, 0.401 | 3.44 (1.27) | 3.22 (1.36) | 1.96, 0.051 |