Table 3.
Mean and Standard Deviation for Each Question.
| Questions | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Does your previous education (undergraduate education or any equivalent Degree) affects dealing with the patients empathetically | 4.2300 | .76350 |
| Emotion should have a specific place during dental treatment. | 4.0600 | .69369 |
| Should doctors respond emotionally to patients suffering during their Patients' initial visit? | 3.5800 | .88967 |
| Should the dental profession appreciate or imagine patients' emotions at any point of time during treatment? | 4.0400 | .68046 |
| Patients and physicians emotional bonding is necessary for the dental profession | 3.8200 | .86899 |
| The doctor's attention towards the Patient's personal experiences affects clinical outcome. | 3.9300 | .86754 |
| Understanding a patient's feelings and body language during communication is very important before any dental treatment. | 4.4600 | .61002 |
| Clinical empathy affects the Patient's sense of satisfaction and compliance. | 4.2300 | .63333 |
| There will be any effect of empathetic doctor's on Clinical decision making | 3.8900 | .68009 |
| Thinking from a Patient perspective is better for any dental treatment. | 3.9400 | .83871 |
| The role of empathy is as crucial as other therapeutic factors in dental treatment | 3.9000 | .73168 |
| Interviewing the Patient is the most critical step for the researchers to build empathy (By doing so, one can understand the participant's feelings, level of motivation, | 4.0900 | .62109 |
| Empathetic practice in research is gaining importance to achieve better outcomes? | 3.8300 | .68246 |
| “Walk in a Patient's Shoes.” following the Patient from phase to phase. (How far this strategic method will help the researchers to build empathy towards their patients) | 3.8800 | .76910 |
| Change in levels of empathy observed as we progress in the course of post-graduation? | 3.9400 | .73608 |