Table 3: The differences between empathy means of sociodemographic characteristics of participants. n = (202).
| Variables |
Mean |
SD |
F |
p |
Tukey Post hoc test |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
| <19 |
87.31 |
14.70 |
0.79 |
0.57 |
|
| 19-21 |
92.94 |
16.44 |
|
| 22-24 |
94.02 |
16.95 |
|
| 25-27 |
88.67 |
14.81 |
|
| Year |
|
|
|
|
|
| First |
87.53 |
12.74 |
3.30 |
.021 |
|
| Second |
89.29 |
14.32 |
*First < Fourth |
| Third |
94.78 |
16.99 |
|
| Fourth |
96.44 |
17.98 |
|
| GPA |
|
|
|
|
|
| Average |
90.89 |
18.60 |
0.12 |
0.94 |
|
| Good |
92.84 |
16.53 |
|
| Very good |
93.57 |
16.84 |
|
| Excellent |
92.86 |
13.56 |
|
| Preferred practice area |
|
|
|
|
|
| People oriented specialties |
95.67 |
17.24 |
1.61 |
0.20 |
|
| Technology oriented specialties |
90.93 |
16.43 |
|
| Not decided |
92.70 |
14.78 |
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
87.67 |
13.42 |
-3.24 |
0.002 |
|
| Female |
95.33 |
17.05 |
|
| Preferred nursing as a profession |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
94.52 |
17.41 |
1.89 |
0.06 |
|
| No |
90.18 |
14.04 |
|
| Intent to work as a nurse |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
93.28 |
16.91 |
0.22 |
0.82 |
|
| No |
92.63 |
14.80 |
|
| Underwent communication course |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
93.73 |
16.60 |
0.90 |
0.36 |
|
| No |
91.33 |
16.02 |
|
Note: Only significant comparisons of post hoc tests are presented. *: significant difference between first and fourth year.