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Table 3 Time to first interruption of the patient in seconds

From: Verbal and non-verbal communication skills including empathy during history taking of undergraduate medical students

Case

Total

(n = 30)

Female

(n = 22)

Male

(n = 8)

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

1

20.7 ± 14.9

17.2 ± 14.8

30.4 ± 11.1 b

2

32.7 ± 22.0

29.3 ± 20.0

41.9 ± 25.9 a

3

7.5 ± 6.4 c

7.6 ± 7.0

7.5 ± 4.8

4

31.7 ± 17.5

29.1 ± 19.0

38.6 ± 10.6

5

25.7 ± 15.9

22.8 ± 14.0

33.5 ± 19.0 a

Total

23.7 ± 18.4

21.2 ± 17.4

30.4 ± 19.6 a

  1. ap < 0.05, bp < 0.01, cp < 0.001
  2. The bold numbers in the tables are significant