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. 2014 Feb 11;14:28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-28

Table 4.

Patients’ assessment of the medical graduates’ professionalism and communication skills by gender, age, residency and education level

Variables Patient’s assessment
  
  
  
Very good
 Good
 Inadequate
 Total
      
No % No % No % No % df χ2 p
Gender
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Male
 63
 37.1
 74
 43.5
 33
 19.4
 170
 54.0
 1
 .307
 .579
Female
 51
 35.2
 77
 53.1
 17
 11.7
 145
 46.0
Age group
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
18-25
 31
 32.0
 60
 61.6
 6
 6.2
 97
 30.8
 3
 30.5
 .001*
26-35
 36
 37.1
 36
 37.1
 25
 25.8
 97
 30.8
36-45
 15
 25.0
 36
 60.0
 9
 15.0
 60
 19.0
>45
 32
 52.5
 19
 31.1
 10
 16.4
 61
 19.4
Education
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Illiterate
 28
 40.0
 28
 40.0
 14
 20.0
 70
 22.2
 3
 14.0
 .003*
Primary
 37
 45.7
 34
 42.0
 10
 12.3
 81
 25.7
Secondary
 42
 35.6
 63
 53.4
 13
 11.0
 118
 37.5
  
  
  
University
 7
 15.2
 26
 56.5
 13
 28.3
 46
 14.6
  
  
  
Residency
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Urban
 79
 34.5
 110
 48.0
 40
 17.5
 229
 72.7
 1 1.78 .182
Rural 35 40.7 41 47.5 10 11.6 86 27.3

df = (degree of freedom).

(H) =χ2: Kruskal Walli test.

*p statistically significant < 0.05.