Empathy and attitude toward communication skill learning as a predictor of patient-centered attitude: a cross-sectional study of dental students in Korea

Table 5 Patient-centered attitude among medical practitioners with different future plans

	n (%)	PPOS^a (total)		PPOS (sharing)		PPOS (caring)
	n (%)	Mean	SD^b	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Private dental practices (self-employed)	158 (50.6%)	3.98_a	0.41	3.66_a	0.48	4.31	0.5
Private dental practices (employed)	87 (27.9%)	4.20_b	0.48	3.90_b	0.57	4.5	0.52
University hospital	39 (12.5%)	4.23_b	0.4	3.93_b	0.55	4.53	0.49
Other/Don’t know	28 (9.0%)	4.19	0.52	3.9	0.6	4.49	0.57
F	312	6.68***		5.94***		3.77**

^aPPOS Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale
^bSD Standard Deviation
Notes: Significant difference in post-hoc Tukey test at alpha = 0.05: a < b, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01