Exploring Attitudes toward Communication Skills Training and Their Impact on Patient-Centeredness among Medical Students in Sri Lanka: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Association of PPOS scores with other variables.

	PPOS mean (SD)	Sharing mean (SD)	Caring mean (SD)
Gender
Male	4.22 (0.27)	4.11 (0.28)	4.33 (0.40)
Female	4.41 (0.29)	4.28 (0.39)	4.53 (0.35)
	t = 5.65,	t = 4.19,	t = 4.63,
Year of study
Fourth	4.26 (0.24)	4.17 (0.33)	4.34 (0.32)
Fifth	4.36 (0.31)	4.24 (0.37)	4.49 (0.39)
	t = 2.89,	t = 1.34,	t = 3.20,

PPOS, Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale; SD, standard deviation.