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Table 3 Scores of subscales of DCAS and student groups

From: A comparative study of dementia knowledge, attitudes and care approach among Chinese nursing and medical students

   

Student groups

 

Variables

  

Medical (n = 526)

Nursing (n = 467)

DCAS

#items

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

F value

DF

p-value

8

29.92 ± 3.35

29.50 ± 3.34

30.40 ± 3.29

18.235

991 980.054

< 0.001*

Heartfelt

4

16.23 ± 2.01

16.07 ± 2.07

16.41 ± 1.93

7.409

991 988.584

0.007*

Heartsink

4

13.44 ± 2.49

13.42 ± 2.42

13.47 ± 2.56

0.103

991 960.741

0.749

  1. Items of the DCAS were rated on a 5-point Likert scale with higher scores indicating better attitudes
  2. p-value was based on Multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA)
  3. Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons was applied. With 3 group comparisons conducted, a corrected p-value of 0.0167 was required
  4. DF Degree of freedom
  5. *Significant after Bonferroni correction (p-value < 0.0167)
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