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Table 4 t-test and ANOVA test statistics for variables related to attitudes toward patient-centered care (N = 217)

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

Characteristics

N

PPOSa (Overall)

PPOS (Sharing)

PPOS (Caring)

Mb

SDc

p-value

M

SD

p-value

M

SD

p-value

Gender

          

Male

137

3.82

0.42

0.28

3.38

0.48

0.27

4.27

0.58

0.48

Female

80

3.89

0.43

 

3.45

0.48

 

4.33

0.53

 

Age groups

          

20–29

26

3.71

0.33

0.11

3.32

0.36

0.58

4.11

0.52

0.09

30–39

121

3.83

0.41

 

3.39

0.48

 

4.26

0.53

 

40–49

49

3.94

0.50

 

3.47

0.50

 

4.41

0.66

 

50 and older

21

3.93

0.36

 

3.43

0.55

 

4.42

0.49

 

Academic track

          

Dental college

146

3.83

0.44

0.37

3.39

0.47

0.61

4.27

0.59

0.36

Professional graduate-entry school

71

3.88

0.38

 

3.43

0.50

 

4.34

0.49

 

Year of practice (y)

          

< 5

56

3.80

0.37

0.82

3.38

0.43

0.95

4.22

0.48

0.57

5–10

74

3.86

0.42

 

3.43

0.45

 

4.28

0.57

 

10–15

35

3.82

0.44

 

3.38

0.52

 

4.26

0.55

 

15–20

25

3.89

0.53

 

3.36

0.52

 

4.41

0.70

 

20<

27

3.91

0.43

 

3.43

0.55

 

4.39

0.55

 

Affiliation

          

Primary care clinic

179

3.85

0.43

0.79

3.39

0.47

0.29

4.32

0.57

0.19

Secondary/Tertiary care hospital

38

3.83

0.40

 

3.47

0.49

 

4.19

0.53

 

Practice ownership

          

Owner/Partner

116

3.85

0.40

0.93

3.43

0.46

0.38

4.27

0.52

0.53

Associate

101

3.84

0.45

 

3.37

0.50

 

4.32

0.61

 
  1. aPatient–Practitioner Orientation Scale, bMean, cStandard Deviation