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Table 1 Participant demographics and empathy scores

From: A validation study of the Korean version of the Toronto empathy questionnaire for the measurement of medical students’ empathy

Variable

 

N (%)

M ± SD

p*

Year

1st

159 (57.0)

44.3 ± 7.48

0.49

2nd

120 (43.0)

44.9 ± 7.21

 

Gender

Male

178 (63.8)

43.9 ± 7.59

0.04

Female

101 (36.2)

45.8 ± 6.81

 

Age

18–19 years

133 (47.7)

44.8 ± 7.58

0.60

Above 20

146 (52.3)

44.4 ± 7.18

 

School

DUSOM

99 (35.5)

44.7 ± 7.27

0.96

KNUSOM

180 (64.5)

44.5 ± 7.44

 

Total

 

279 (100.0)

44.6 ± 7.36

 
  1. * p-values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test
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