Experiencing aging or demystifying myths? – impact of different “geriatrics and gerontology” teaching strategies in first year medical students

Table 2 Difference pre- and post-intervention for EA and MA groups on Knowledge about aging, empathy, attitude and Palmore scale (facts on aging)^*

	Mean	N	Standard Deviation	Standard Error	r	s
Experiencing aging
UCLA Total Pre	51.88	78	4.67	0.53	0.36	0.001
UCLA Total Post	50.51	78	5.19	0.58	0.36	0.001
Knowledge Total Pre	4.70	82	1.49	0.16	0.07	0.511
Knowledge Total Post	4.77	82	1.55	0.17		0.511
Palmore Positive Pre	58.11	76	6.17	0.70	0.66	<0.001
Palmore Positive Post	52.72	76	6.40	0.73		<0.001
Palmore Total Pre	11.61	82	2.74	0.30	0.23	0.033
Palmore Total Post	10.94	82	2.28	0.25		0.033
Attitude Total Pre	15.53	51	2.93	0.41	0.37	0.007
Attitude Total Post	16.78	51	2.83	0.39		0.007
Empathy Total Pre	5.33	51	1.62	0.22	0.46	0.001
Empathy Total Post	4.63	51	1.31	0.18		0.001
Myths of aging
UCLA Total Pre	51.01	72	5.25	0.61	0.56	<0.001
UCLA Total Post	53.67	72	4.16	0.49		<0.001
Knowledge Total Pre	4.00	76	1.46	0.16	0.32	0.004
Knowledge Total Post	4.38	76	1.53	0.17		0.004
Palmore Positive Pre	56.91	68	6.24	0.75	0.93	<0.001
Palmore Positive Post	72.14	68	3.83	0.46		<0.001
Palmore Total Pre	11.13	76	2.41	0.27	0.92	<0.001
Palmore Total Post	17.58	76	1.96	0.22		<0.001
Attitude Total Pre	16.17	75	3.65	0.42	0.47	<0.001
Attitude Total Post	14.83	75	3.46	0.40		<0.001
Empathy Total Pre	5.44	75	2.37	0.27	0.21	0.070
Empathy Total Post	5.13	75	2.10	0.24		0.070

^*We considered a p ≤ 0.0083 as significant (Bonferroni multiple comparison procedure)