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. 2019 Mar 1;31(1):61–71. doi: 10.3946/kjme.2019.119

Table 4.

Clusters of Study Participants Based on Factors Influencing Them to Join Medicine

Factors Clusters of study participants (n=95)
p-valuea)
Cluster 1 (n=33) Cluster 2 (n=12) Cluster 3 (n=20) Cluster 4 (n=30)
Personal growth factor 2.8a±0.9 2.5a±0.6 3.7b±0.8 3.1ab±0.8 <0.001
Professional calling factor 4.3a±0.4 3.9ab±0.4 3.8b±0.6 3.1c±0.7 <0.001
Personal concerns factor 2.2a±0.9 3.7b±0.5 1.9a±0.8 3.6b±0.9 <0.001
Professional concerns factor 1.7a±0.6 2.2a±0.5 2.9b±0.6 2.9b±0.7 <0.001

Data are presented as mean±standard deviation. Four clusters of participants were identified. Different letters (a, b, c) in each row indicate that the mean scores are significantly different (p<0.05) from one another by post-hoc tests.

a)

By analysis of variance test.