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. 2019 May 24;19:168. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1589-8

Table 5.

Significant Predictors in change of Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy and Physical Difficulty score, before and after PREP, and in Effectiveness Scores after PREP by Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

Factors Factors Affecting JSPE Score change Factors Affecting Total Physical Difficulty Score change Factors Affecting Perceived Effectiveness Score
Estimate 95% CI P Estimate 95% CI P Estimate 95% CI P
Gender
 Female Ref Ref Ref
 Male 0.004 0.966 -0.03 0.672 0.03 0.687
Major
 Nursing Ref Ref Ref
 Medicine 2.679 (0.545, 4.813) 0.014 0.047 0.524 0.01 0.905
Age
 Every 10-year increase -0.009 0.914 0.024 0.782 0.077 0.431
Status
 Student Ref Ref Ref
 Professional 0.015 0.848 6.245 (3.916, 8.574) <0.001 0.098 0.223
Have experience living with a pregnant woman
 No Ref Ref Ref
 Yes -0.033 0.659 -0.05 0.487 0.1 0.223
Have experienced pregnancy
 No Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 0.028 0.733 0 0.996 -0.202 0.198
Have experienced marriage
 No Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 0.071 0.381 0.069 0.371 3.053 (1.43, 4.677) <0.001

Null hypothesis: No difference in scores by factor. PREP Pregnancy Experience Program, JSPE Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, CI Confidence Interval