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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale and empathy

From: Dentists’ attitudes toward patient-centered care and its predictors: a cross-sectional study in South Korea

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

  1. Ma Mean, SDb Standard deviation