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의과대학생의 공감 능력과 환자-의사 관계에 대한 영향

Medical students’ empathy and its effect on the physicianpatient relationship

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2015;27(4):283-290.
Published online: December 1, 2015

1성신여자대학교 글로벌의과학과

2한양대학교 의과대학•의학전문대학원 의료인문학교실

3한양대학교 의과대학•의학전문대학원 의학교육학교실

1Department of Global Medical Science, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea

2Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

3Department of Medical Education, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding Author: Sang Ho Yoo (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-1365) Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea Tel: +82.2.2220.2461 Fax: +82.2.2290.8713 email: karmaboy@hanyang.ac.kr
• Received: August 23, 2015   • Revised: October 23, 2015   • Accepted: November 2, 2015

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Medical students’ empathy and its effect on the physicianpatient relationship
Medical students’ empathy and its effect on the physicianpatient relationship
Variable Category No. (%)
Gender Male 63 (60.6)
Female 41 (39.4)
Age (yr) <25 51 (49.3)
25–30 48 (46.2)
>30 5 (4.8)
Program Undergraduate 53 (51.0)
Graduate entry 51 (49.0)
Cohabitation Grandparents and parents 19 (18.3)
Parents and three or more siblings 9 (8.7)
Parents andone or two siblings 67 (64.4)
Parents only 9 (8.7)
Sibling No. 0 10 (9.6)
1 84 (80.8)
2 7 (6.7)
3 3 (2.9)
Marriage No 102 (98.1)
Yes 2 (1.9)
Religion No 61 (58.7)
Yes 43 (41.3)
Personality type Introversion (I) 45 (43.2)
Extroversion (E) 59 (56.7)
Sensing (S) 79 (76.0)
Intuition (N) 25 (24.0)
Thinking (T) 69 (66.3)
Feeling (F) 35 (33.7)
Judging (J) 64 (61.5)
Perception (P) 40 (38.5)
Median Range
Domains
 Affective 84 38–117
 Cognitive 12 3–21
Total 97 41–137
Variable Category JSE-S-K, median (range) p-valuea)
Gender Male 96.5 (41–137) 0.096
Female 97.8 (78–131)
Age (yr) <25 96.8 (76–126) 0.149
≥25 97.8 (41–137)
Program Undergraduate 94.7 (61–76) 0.060
Graduate entry 99.3 (41–131)
Cohabitation Grandparents and parents 99.5 (84–130) 0.058
Parents and three or more siblings 90.7 (80–113)
Parents and one or two siblings 98.8 (41–137)
Parents only 87.0 (75–115)
Marriage No 97.0 (41–137) 0.336
Yes 108.0 (103–113)
Religion No 98.7 (75–130) 0.503
Yes 96.3 (41–137)
Personality type Introversion (I) 97.6 (78–137) 0.616
Extroversion (E) 96.5 (41–131)
Sensing (S) 97.1 (41–131) 0.914
Intuition (N) 98.0 (80–137)
Thinking (T) 97.3 (41–131) 0.577
Feeling (F) 97.0 (78–137)
Judging (J) 95.8 (41–131) 0.925
Perception (P) 97.7 (76–137)
Variable Category PPR, median (range) p-valuea)
Gender Male 4.33 (3.6–5.7) 0.151
Female 4.63 (4.3–5.0)
Age (yr) <25 4.29 (3.5–5.7) 0.032
≥25 4.42 (3.6–5.7)
Program Undergraduate 4.27 (3.5–5.3) <0.001
Graduate entry 4.46 (3.6–5.7)
Cohabitation Grandparents and parents 4.43 (3.5–5.0) 0.985
Parents and three or more siblings 4.27 (3.7–5.0)
Parents and one or two siblings 4.40 (3.7–4.7)
Parents only 4.43 (3.6–4.7)
Marriage No 4.40 (3.5–5.7) 0.525
Yes 4.63 (4.3–5.0)
Religion No 4.39 (3.5–5.7) 0.637
Yes 4.40 (3.7–5.7)
Personality type Introversion (I) 4.33 (3.5–5.0) 0.536
Extroversion (E) 4.40 (3.6–5.7)
Sensing (S) 4.38 (3.5–5.7) 0.872
Intuition (N) 4.44 (3.6–5.7)
Thinking (T) 4.38 (3.7–5.7) 0.686
Feeling (F) 4.43 (3.5–5.7)
Judging (J) 4.38 (3.5–5.7) 0.860
Perception (P) 4.40 (3.7–5.6)
JSE-S-K domain
CPX
Affective Cognitive Total PPR
Affective 1.000
Cognitive 0.340c) 1.000
Total 0.984c) 0.480c) 1.000
PPR 0.229b) 0.048 0.232b) 1.000
Dependent variable Independent variable β R2 (adj. R2) R2 change F p-value
PPR score 1. Education program 0.366 0.134 (0.125) - 15.453 <0.001
2. Education program 0.335 0.153 (0.170) 0.019 10.157 <0.001
 JSE-S-K scores 0.193
Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Subjects (n=104)
Table 2. Descriptive Statistics for Jefferson Scale of Empathy and Its Domains (n=104)
Table 3. Differences in Scores on Jefferson Scale of Empathy according to Sociodemographic Characteristics of Subjects (n=104)

JSE-S-K: Jefferson Scale of Empathy, S-version, Korean edition.

Calculated by Mann-Whitney test or Kruskal-Wallis one-way test.

Table 4. Differences in Scores on Physician-Patient Relationship according to Sociodemographic Characteristics of Subjects (n=104)

PPR: Physician-patient relationship.

Calculated by Mann-Whitney test or Kruskal-Wallis one-way test.

Table 5. Correlation between Empathy and Physician-Patient Relationship Scores of Subjectsa)

KJSE-S-K: Jefferson Scale of Empathy, S-version, Korean edition, CPX: Clinical performance examination, PPR: Physician-patient relationship.

Assessed by Spearman correlation analysis,

<0.05,

<0.01.

Table 6. Factors Predicting Physician-Patient Relationship Scoresa)

PPR: Physician-patient relationship.

Calculated by stepwise multiple linear regression analysis.