Table 3.
Empathy scores: Specialty wise, in different years of medical education
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| Year | Specialty choice | n | Mean | SD | Minimum-maximum | Mean rank | Kruskal–Wallis Test |
| First | Person oriented | 182 | 91.38 | 15.066 | 35-136 | 253.80 | χ2=4.857 |
| Technology oriented | 193 | 89.60 | 14.514 | 44-139 | 242.38 | df=2 | |
| Undecided/others | 106 | 86.25 | 9.776 | 40-116 | 216.51 | Asymptotic significance=0.088 | |
| Second | Patient oriented | 162 | 89.13 | 13.038 | 44-135 | 210.48 | χ2=7.239 |
| Technology oriented | 176 | 90.22 | 14.794 | 46-134 | 220.67 | df=2 | |
| Undecided/others | 78 | 85.37 | 8.816 | 63-115 | 176.92 | Asymptotic significance=0.027 | |
| Third | Patient oriented | 171 | 88.32 | 11.260 | 64-122 | 197.19 | χ2=2.172 |
| Technology oriented | 177 | 91.15 | 15.493 | 33-137 | 215.96 | df=2 | |
| Undecided/others | 64 | 90.14 | 15.351 | 50-133 | 205.21 | Asymptotic significance=0.338 | |
| Fourth | Patient oriented | 143 | 90.85 | 11.893 | 64-137 | 186.08 | χ2=1.903 |
| Technology oriented | 167 | 88.90 | 10.754 | 48-122 | 173.35 | df=2 | |
| Undecided/others | 44 | 87.95 | 14.664 | 53-125 | 165.35 | Asymptotic significance=0.386 | |
Only in second year, empathy significantly varied, according to choice of specialty. SD – Standard deviation; Df – Degree of freedom