Table 2 Subscales differences between HCC and NCC for each healthcare group
Medicine | Dentistry | Pharmacy | Social Science | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum & maximum score | HCC | NCC | t-score | HCC | NCC | t-score | HCC | NCC | t-score | HCC | NCC | t-score | |
Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | ||||||
Personal interest | (5 items) 5–25 | 22.70 (±2.63) | 21.55 (±3.13) | 6.71** | 21.60 (±2.93) | 20.85 (±3.30) | 2.55* | 20.62 (±3.25) | 20.78 (±2.94) | −053 | 20.37 (±3.16) | 20.50 (±2.75) | −0.576 |
Prior healthcare exposure | (6 items) 6–30 | 19.88 (±4.55) | 22.24 (±4.17) | −8.53** | 19.64 (±4.49) | 22.23 (±4.45) | −4.09** | 17.50 (±4.50) | 21.19 (±3.92) | −9.47** | 14.78 (±4.74) | 20.48 (±3.44) | −15.90** |
Self-efficacy | (4 items) 4–20 | 12.93 (±3.46) | 12.81 (±3.85) | 0.46 | 13.43 (±3.65) | 13.14 (±3.50) | 0.53 | 13.08 (±2.55) | 12.57 (±3.92) | 1.61 | 11.19 (±3.18) | 11.21 (±3.06) | −0.100 |
Nature of the work | (5 items) 5–25 | 19.30 (±3.59) | 19.51 (±3.23) | −1.01 | 20.06 (±3.31) | 19.78 (±3.11) | 0.70 | 17.90 (±3.35) | 19.94 (±2.91) | −6.13** | 15.93 (±3.35) | 19.57 (±3.31) | −13.03** |
Job prospects | (7 items) 7–35 | 23.58 (±5.86) | 23.96 (±5.03) | −1.18 | 25.38 (±4.50) | 24.04 (±4.33) | 2.36* | 24.16 (±4.95) | 23.90 (±4.91) | 0.58 | 20.30 (±5.06) | 22.15 (±4.78) | −4.775** |
Social influences | (8 items) 8–40 | 25.99 (±6.37) | 27.60 (±5.94) | −4.03** | 26.83 (±5.90) | 27.66 (±5.24) | −1.13 | 26.17 (±5.67) | 27.08* (±5.15) | −2.02* | 24.57 (±5.41) | 26.02 (±4.93) | −3.731** |