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Table 5 Baseline and follow-up scores for the intervention and control groups, mean (SD)

From: Narrative medicine as a teaching strategy for nursing students to developing professionalism, empathy and humanistic caring ability: a randomized controlled trial

Group

Variables

Pre-test

Post-test

t/Z

P value

Control

Professionalism

63.8 (6.2)

64.5 (7.5)

−0.795

0.431a

Empathy

88.7 (11.9)

92.2 (14.6)

−1.8

0.072b

Humanistic care ability

114.3 (20.6)

113.3 (18.8)

−0.143

0.886b

Intervention

Professionalism

65.0 (7.8)

68.7 (6.8)

−3.135

0.003a

Empathy

89.6 (14.0)

99.4 (15.7)

−3.236

0.001b

Humanistic care ability

117.5 (22.3)

127.6 (20.0)

−2.326

0.025a

  1. a T test; b Wilcoxon test