Table 2.

Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) Scores and difference of JSPE scores, Before and After the Pregnancy Experience Program (PREP)

	JSPE score before-PREP	JSPE score after-PREP	P *	Difference of JSPE scores before and after PREP	P **
Total Participants (n = 189)	103.71±13.52	107.04±14.39	<0.001	3.33±7.41
Gender					0.164
Male (n = 62)	104.73±12.93	107.06±13.86	<0.001	4.4±7.74
Female (n = 127)	103.56±13.85	106.79±14.69	<0.001	2.8±7.21
Major					<0.001
Medical Students or Doctors (n = 112)	103.51±13.82	106.81±14.65	<0.001	4.42±7.36
Nursing Students or Nurses (n = 77)	104.01±13.16	107.38±14.08	<0.001	1.74±7.23
Age group (years old)					0.438
11-20 (n = 5)	103.8±12.74	106.8±12.64	0.142	3±3.67
21-30 (n = 125)	104.77±14.12	107.92±14.95	<0.001	3.61±7.8
31-40 (n = 37)	101.19±11.32	105.73±12.48	<0.001	3.86±7.42
41-50 (n = 22)	101.95±13.69	104.32±14.86	0.172	0.91±5.28
Status					0.432
Students (n = 94)	107.7±12.54	111.46±12.89	<0.001	3.76±7.72
Professional (n = 95)	99.77±13.35	102.67±14.52	<0.001	2.91±7.1

Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. JSPE Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, PREP Pregnancy Experience Program, n number. *paired t-test within a group, **t-test between groups and ANOVA test among 4 groups