| Literature DB >> 25812608 |
Sung-Hae Kim1, Jin-Kyung Ko1, Jae-Hyun Park1.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The patient-physician interaction (PPI) is a critical part of the clinical encounter. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the emotional intelligence (EI) of physician in the PPI. Despite emphasizing the EI, previous studies offer limited evidence regarding the effect of a student's EI on the PPI. The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in EI depending on the demographics of medical students and the correlation between EI and PPI scores.Entities:
Keywords: Clinical performance examination; Emotional intelligence; Patient-physician interaction
Year: 2011 PMID: 25812608 PMCID: PMC8813531 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2011.23.3.159
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Med Educ ISSN: 2005-727X
Demographics of Students (n=85)
| Variables | Categories | No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 47 (55.3) |
| Female | 38 (44.7) | |
| Program | Undergraduate | 48 (53.5) |
| Graduate entry | 37 (43.5) | |
| Age | <25 yr | 16 (18.8) |
| 25~30 yr | 57 (67.1) | |
| >30 yr | 12 (14.1) | |
| Participation in club activities | Yes | 75 (88.2) |
| No | 10 (11.8) | |
| Timing of entry (n=37) | <4 yr | 33 (89.2) |
| 4 yr≤a<7 yr | 4 (10.8) | |
| Undergraduate majors (n=37) | Natural Science | 24 (64.9) |
| Non-natural Science | 13 (35.1) | |
| Engineering | 7 (10.8) | |
| Humanities and Social Science | 4 (18.9) | |
| Medical and Health Science | 2 (5.4) |
Descriptive Statistics of Emotional Intelligence Domains (n=85)
| Variables | Minimum | Maximum | M | SD |
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| Subdomains of emotional intelligence | ||||
| Perception and expression of emotion | 24 | 38 | 31.76 | 2.59 |
| Empathy | 24 | 35 | 34.13 | 3.48 |
| Integrate emotion to facilitate thought | 28 | 46 | 36.02 | 3.68 |
| Use of emotions | 23 | 44 | 35.13 | 4.07 |
| Regulation of emotions | 27 | 40 | 32.62 | 2.82 |
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| Emotional intelligence | 143 | 191 | 169.67 | 10.65 |
M: Mean, SD: Standard deviation.
Results for Emotional Intelligence Scores by Demographic Characteristics of Students (n=85)
| Variables | Characteristics | Perception and expression of emotion | Empathy | Integrate emotion to facilitate thought | Use of emotions | Regulation of emotions | Emotional intelligence | ||||||||||||
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| M | SD | F | M | SD | F | M | SD | F | M | SD | F | M | SD | F | M | SD | F | ||
| Gender | Male | 31.47 | 2.79 | 1.391 | 33.38 | 3.35 | 5.070 | 35.38 | 2.96 | 3.276 | 34.38 | 3.81 | 3.647 | 31.98 | 2.45 | 5.812 | 166.60 | 9.43 | 9.660 |
| Female | 32.13 | 2.30 | 35.05 | 3.47 | 36.82 | 4.32 | 36.05 | 4.24 | 33.42 | 3.06 | 173.47 | 10.96 | |||||||
| Program | Undergraduate | 31.40 | 2.80 | 2.280 | 33.50 | 3.54 | 3.723 | 35.46 | 3.35 | 2.652 | 34.67 | 4.12 | 1.433 | 31.98 | 2.75 | 6.108 | 167.00 | 9.79 | 7.461 |
| Graduate entry | 32.24 | 2.22 | 34.95 | 3.27 | 36.76 | 4.00 | 35.73 | 3.98 | 33.46 | 2.72 | 173.14 | 10.86 | |||||||
| Age | <25 yr | 31.50 | 2.31 | 0.225 | 33.25 | 3.82 | 1.461 | 34.38ⓐ | 1.93 | 3.349 | 34.06 | 3.38 | 1.425 | 32.13 | 1.75 | 0.452 | 165.31 | 8.90 | 2.795 |
| 25~30 yr | 31.75 | 2.77 | 34.58 | 3.50 | 36.72ⓑ | 3.94 | 35.65 | 4.30 | 32.82 | 3.05 | 171.53 | 10.59 | |||||||
| >30 yr | 32.17 | 2.13 | 33.17 | 2.66 | 34.92ⓐⓑ | 3.40 | 34.08 | 3.55 | 32.33 | 2.90 | 166.67 | 11.54 | |||||||
| Participation in club activities | Yes | 31.75 | 2.70 | 0.031 | 34.48 | 3.25 | 6.924 | 36.35 | 3.63 | 5.167 | 35.27 | 4.19 | 0.723 | 32.75 | 2.85 | 1.219 | 170.59 | 10.15 | 4.934 |
| No | 31.90 | 1.60 | 31.50 | 4.20 | 33.60 | 3.24 | 34.10 | 3.00 | 31.70 | 2.54 | 162.80 | 12.37 | |||||||
| Timing of entry | <4 yr | 32.27 | 2.31 | 0.053 | 35.06 | 3.37 | 0.368 | 37.18 | 3.95 | 3.715 | 35.94 | 4.02 | 0.845 | 33.76 | 2.71 | 3.955 | 174.21 | 10.60 | 3.187 |
| 4 yr ≤a<7 yr | 32.00 | 1.41 | 34.00 | 2.45 | 33.25 | 2.63 | 34.00 | 3.56 | 31.00 | 1.41 | 164.25 | 9.91 | |||||||
| Undergraduate majors | Natural Science | 32.71 | 2.20 | 3.192 | 35.25 | 2.86 | 0.582 | 37.67 | 3.74 | 3.819 | 36.54 | 3.41 | 3.006 | 34.13 | 2.88 | 4.470 | 176.29 | 8.32 | 6.688 |
| Non-natural Science | 31.38 | 2.06 | 34.38 | 3.40 | 35.08 | 4.05 | 34.23 | 4.62 | 32.23 | 1.96 | 167.31 | 12.80 | |||||||
Post hoc tests: Dunnett T3 ⓐ<ⓑ<ⓒ.
M: Mean, SD: Standard deviation.
p<0.05,
p<0.01 level.
Correlations of Emotional Intelligence and PPI Score (n=85)
| Emotional intelligence score | PPI score | ||||||
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| PEE | E | IEFT | UE | RE | EI | PPI | |
| PEE | 1.000 | ||||||
| E | 0.103 | 1.000 | |||||
| IEFT | 0.053 | 0.158 | 1.000 | ||||
| UE | 0.349 | 0.273 | 0.444 | 1.000 | |||
| RE | 0.058 | 0.004 | 0.598 | 0.352 | 1.000 | ||
| EI | 0.443 | 0.511 | 0.738 | 0.802 | 0.621 | 1.000 | |
| PPI | 0.260 | 0.325 | 0.114 | 0.164 | 0.198 | 0.323 | 1.000 |
PEE: Perception and expression of emotion, E: Empathy, IEFT: Integrate emotion to facilitate thought, UE: Use of emotions, RE: Regulation of emotions, EI: Emotional intelligence total score, PPI: Patient-physician interaction.
p<0.05,
p<0.01 level.
Summary of Nonlinear Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting PPI Scores (n=85)
| Dependent variable | Independent variables |
| R2 (adj. R2) | R2 change. | F | Sig | |
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| PPI score | 1 | Empathy | 0.338 | 0.114 (0.104) | - | 10.728 | 0.002 |
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| 2 | Empathy | 0.313 | 0.171 (0.150) | 0.056 | 8.435 | 0.000 | |
| Perception and expression of emotion | 0.238 | ||||||
PPI: Patient-physician interaction.
p<0.01.