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Table 4 Levels of compassion as a function of quartile distribution according to Integrated Master’s Degree and year attended

From: Compassion and extracurricular activities of Portuguese Health Sciences students in Portugal

 

Levels of compassion

High

Medium-High

Medium-Low

Low

Total

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Integrated Master *

 Medicine

182 (24,9)

137 (18,7)

225 (30,7)

188 (25,7)

732 (100,0)

 Pharmaceutical Sciences

13 (11,8)

15 (13,6)

30 (27,3)

52 (47,3)

110 (100,0)

 Dentistry

10 (16,9)

8 (13,6)

20 (33,9)

21 (35,6)

59 (100,0)

Year **

 1st year

13 (11,5)

19 (16,8)

35 (31,0)

46 (40,7)

113 (100,0)

 2nd year

21 (17,6)

16 (13,4)

48 (40,3)

34 (28,6)

119 (100,0)

 3rd year

37 (21,5)

36 (20,9)

51 (29,7)

48 (27,9)

172 (100,0)

 4th year

42 (27,8)

26 (17,2)

43 (28,5)

40 (26,5)

151 (100,0)

 5th year

42 (23,2)

33 (18,2)

44 (24,3)

62 (34,3)

181 (100,0)

 6th year

50 (30,3)

30 (18,2)

54 (32,7)

31 (18,8)

165 (100,0)

Gender ***

 Female

167 (81,5)

137 (85,6)

220 (80,2)

194 (74,3)

718 (79,7)

 Male

38 (18,5)

23 (14,4)

55 (20,0)

67 (2578)

183 (20,3)

Total

205 (22,8)

160 (17,8)

275 (30,5)

261 (29,0)

901 (100,0)

  1. * p < 0,001 (Kruskal Wallis Test); **p = 0,005(Kruskal Wallis Test);***p = 0,016 (Mann-Whitney U Test)