Empathy among undergraduate medical students: A multi-centre cross-sectional comparison of students beginning and approaching the end of their course

Table 7 Results of multiple linear regression analysis, LRRG schools’ students

Mean score difference	IRI-EC			IRI-PT			JSE-S
Mean score difference	Estimate	95 % CI	P	Estimate	95 % CI	P	Estimate	95 % CI	P
Year of course			0.776			0.621			0.528
Year 1	0.66	(−0.39, 0.53)		−0.13	(−0.62, 0.37)		0.41	(−0.87, 1.70)
Final year	Ref			Ref			Ref
Sex			<0.001			0.027			<0.001
Female	Ref			Ref
Male	−1.48	(−1.94, −1.02)		−0.57	(−1.07, −0.07)		−3.51	(−4.80, −2.22)
Course type			0.496			0.268			0.957
UK - standard entry	Ref			Ref			Ref
UK - graduate entry	0.53	(−0.35, 1.41)		0.79	(−0.17, 1.74)		0.37	(−2.08, 2.83)
Non UK Medical School	−0.14	(−0.91, 0.64)		−0.33	(−1.17, 0.51)		0.32	(−1.85, 2.48)
Socioeconomic group			0.100			0.049			0.608
HMO 1.1 & 1.2	Ref			Ref			Ref
Other NS-SEC groups	0.47	(−0.09, 1.03)		0.61	(0.00, 1.21)		0.41	(−1.15, 1.97)

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