Table 5.

Differences in the mean score of the EFS questionnaire for type of school, gender, religious belief and geographical area

	Score	Gender	p	Religious belief	p	Geographic area (a)	p
Medical st.	27.85 ± 4.31	m: 29.56 ± 4.5	<0.01	y: 27.81 ± 4.4	n.s.	centre: 27.60 ± 4.6	n.s.
		f : 27.05 ± 4.1		n: 27.83 ± 4.3		south: 28.39 ± 3.7
Full time osteopathic st.	30.27 ± 2.6	m: 30.85 ± 2.0	n.s.	y: 30.75 ± 2.1	n.s.	centre: 29.90 ± 2.8	n.s.
		f : 28.88 ± 3.3		n: 29.30 ±3.2		south: 31.38 ± 1.9
Part time osteopathic st.	30.96 ± 3.0	m: 31.22 ± 2.7	n.s.	y: 30.88 ± 2.9	n.s.	centre: 30.62 ± 3.6	n.s.
		f : 30.58 ± 3.3		n: 31.08 ± 3.3		south: 31.66 ± 1.0
All osteopathic st.	30.76 ± 2.91	m: 31.11 ± 2.52	n.s.	y: 30.84 ± 2.6	n.s.	centre: 30.39 ± 3.4	n.s.
		f : 30.20 ± 3.3		n: 30.57 ± 3.3		south: 31.57 ± 1.2

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.

Maximum theoretical score = 52.

(a) –four students coming from northern regions were excluded from the analysis due to the low number, 10 missing values.

1: medical students vs all osteopathic students and separately vs full or part time osteopathic students: p < 0.01; full time vs part time osteopathic students: n.s.

n.s.: not significant.