Table 3.
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics and death anxiety scale and approach to death and dying patient’s attitude subscales among medical interns
| Sociodemographic Characteristics |
Hardness in Communicating with the Dying Patients and Their Relatives | Avoiding Death and Dying Patients | Death anxiety scale | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median(IQR) | P value | Median(IQR) | P value | Median(IQR) | P value | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 2.33(2.11–2.56) | < 0.001* | 2.55(2.18–2.82) | .958 | 7 (6–9) | < 0.001* |
| Female | 2.11(1.78–2.33) | 2.55(2.18–2.82) | 9 (7–11) | |||
| Internship ** | ||||||
| Jordan | 2.22(2.00–2.44) |
< 0.001* (Egypt vs Palestine: < 0.001* Egypt vs Jordan: < 0.001* Palestine vs Jordan: 0.435) |
2.55(2.27–2.82) |
< 0.001* (Egypt vs Palestine: < 0.001* Egypt vs Jordan: < 0.001* Palestine vs Jordan: 0.753) |
8(6–11) |
< 0.001* (Egypt vs Palestine: < 0.001* Egypt vs Jordan: < 0.001* Palestine vs Jordan: 0.109) |
| Egypt | 2.11(1.78–2.33) | 2.36(2.09–2.73) | 9(7–11) | |||
| Palestine | 2.22(2.00–2.44) | 2.55(2.27–2.82) | 8(6–10) | |||
| Residency | ||||||
| Urban | 2.22(1.89–2.44) | .667 | 2.55(2.27–2.82) | .002* | 9(6–11) | .239 |
| Rural | 2.22(1.97–2.44) | 2.45(2.18–2.73) | 8(6–11) | |||
| Number of deaths situation at hospitals | ||||||
| Never | 2.11(1.89–2.44) | .571 | 2.55(2.18–2.73) | .957 | 9 (7–11) | .521 |
| Once | 2.22(1.89–2.44) | 2.45(2.18–2.82) | 8(6–11) | |||
| Twice | 2.22(1.89–2.44) | 2.55(2.27–2.73) | 8(6–10) | |||
| Three times | 2.11(1.97–2.36) | 2.55(2.18–2.82) | 9(6–11) | |||
| Four times | 2.22(2.00–2.39) | 2.55(2.18–2.82) | 9(6–11) | |||
| Five times | 2.11(1.89–2.33) | 2.54(2.27–2.82) | 9(7–11) | |||
| Six times | 2.33(2.00–2.50) | 2.55(2.18–2.81) | 8(5–11) | |||
| Seven times | 2(1.88–2.3) | 2.5(2.27–2.77) | 8(5.75–9.25) | |||
| Eight times | 2.1(1.94–2.3) | 2.54(2.36–2.77) | 9(6.5–10.5) | |||
| More than that | 2.22(2.00–2.44) | 2.45(2.18–2.73) | 8(6–11) | |||
| Number of close relative death | ||||||
| Never | 2.11(2.00–2.42) | .846 | 2.45(2.18–2.73) | .054 | 9(6–11) | .386 |
| Once | 2.22(1.89–2.44) | 2.55(2.18–2.82) | 9(6.75–11) | |||
| Twice | 2.22(2.00–2.44) | 2.54(2.18–2.82) | 8(6–11) | |||
| Three times | 2.22(1.89–2.44) | 2.54(2.25–2.82) | 8(7–11) | |||
| Four times | 2.22(2.00–2.44) | 2.63(2.45–2.91) | 8(6–10) | |||
| Five times | 2.05(1.8–2.36) | 2.27(2–2.63) | 8(6–11) | |||
| More than that | 2.11(1.89–2.44) | 2.54(2.27–2.82) | 9(7–12) | |||
Mean and SD were used for normally distributed data. Median and IQR were used to distribute data that was not normally distributed
* Indicates significant results
** Significant results even after Bonferroni correction (P value less than 0.0167)