Table 1.
Demographic data of participants and descriptive analyses of JSPE-S, IRI, BFI-K, and STEM
|
Students 2nd year N (%) |
Students 4th year N (%) |
P-Value | |
| Gender | 0.973 | ||
| female | 21 (70.0) | 16 (69.6) | |
| male | 9 (30.0) | 7 (30.4) | |
| Vocational Training (before enrollment at dentistryl school) | 0.161 | ||
| nurse | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.3) | |
| dental assistant | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| dental technician | 3 (10.0) | 3 (13.0) | |
| others | 10 (33.3) | 2 (8.7) | |
|
Students 2nd year Mean (SD) |
Students 4th year Mean (SD) |
P-Value | |
| Age (in years) | 23.8 (4.5) | 23.8 (2.7) | 0.995 |
| JSPE-S | |||
| Perspective Taking | 54.9 (8.02) | 56.6 (6.7) | 0.425 |
| Compassionate Care | 41.4 (7.3) | 42.7 (5.5) | 0.492 |
| Walking in Patients’ Shoes | 9.10 (2.8) | 7.8 (2.5) | 0.092 |
| IRI | |||
| Perspective Taking | 19.2 (4.2) | 18.0 (3.4) | 0.306 |
| Fantasy Scale | 18.2 (6.2) | 17.8 (5.4) | 0.835 |
| Empathic concern scale | 21.6 (4.0) | 19.4 (4.8) | 0.073 |
| Personal distress Scale | 9.2 (4.5) | 9.0 (4.4) | 0.921 |
| BFI-K | |||
| Agreeableness | 12.0 (3.3) | 12.4 (3.0) | 0.597 |
| Extraversion | 15.9 (3.5) | 14.3 (2.9) | 0.079 |
| Openness | 20.7 (3.1) | 21.1 (2.8) | 0.636 |
| Conscientiousness | 15.2 (2.8) | 16.2 (2.1) | 0.165 |
| Neuroticism | 11.7 (3.7) | 10.9 (3.3) | 0.429 |
| STEM | 31.6 (5.4) | 32.4 (4.0) | 0.569 |