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Table 2 Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) Scores and difference of JSPE scores, Before and After the Pregnancy Experience Program (PREP)

From: The Educational Effects of a Pregnancy Simulation in Medical/Nursing Students and Professionals

 

JSPE score before-PREP

JSPE score after-PREP

P *

Difference of JSPE scores before and after PREP

P **

Total Participants (n = 189)

103.71±13.52

107.04±14.39

<0.001

3.33±7.41

 

Gender

    

0.164

 Male (n = 62)

104.73±12.93

107.06±13.86

<0.001

4.4±7.74

 

 Female (n = 127)

103.56±13.85

106.79±14.69

<0.001

2.8±7.21

 

Major

    

<0.001

 Medical Students or Doctors (n = 112)

103.51±13.82

106.81±14.65

<0.001

4.42±7.36

 

 Nursing Students or Nurses (n = 77)

104.01±13.16

107.38±14.08

<0.001

1.74±7.23

 

Age group (years old)

    

0.438

 11-20 (n = 5)

103.8±12.74

106.8±12.64

0.142

3±3.67

 

 21-30 (n = 125)

104.77±14.12

107.92±14.95

<0.001

3.61±7.8

 

 31-40 (n = 37)

101.19±11.32

105.73±12.48

<0.001

3.86±7.42

 

 41-50 (n = 22)

101.95±13.69

104.32±14.86

0.172

0.91±5.28

 

Status

    

0.432

 Students (n = 94)

107.7±12.54

111.46±12.89

<0.001

3.76±7.72

 

 Professional (n = 95)

99.77±13.35

102.67±14.52

<0.001

2.91±7.1

 
  1. Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. JSPE Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, PREP Pregnancy Experience Program, n number. *paired t-test within a group, **t-test between groups and ANOVA test among 4 groups