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. 2023 Feb 6;23:75. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-02791-9

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale and empathy

Variable Ma SDb
Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOSa)
PPOS (Overall) 3.85 .42
PPOS (Sharing) 3.40 .48
PPOS (Caring) 4.29 .56
Empathy (IRIb)
IRI (Fantasy) 3.27 .65
IRI (empathic concern) 3.54 .61
IRI (perspective taking) 3.50 .57
IRI (personal distress) 2.94 .59

Ma Mean, SDb Standard deviation