Physicians’ Self-Assessed Empathy and Patients’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Empathy: Validation of the Greek Jefferson Scale of Patient Perception of Physician Empathy
Table 4
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample.
Categorical variables
Group A (n = 189)
Group B (n = 17)
N (%)
N (%)
Sex
Males
100 (52.9)
8 (47.1)
Females
89 (47.1)
9 (52.9)
Marital status
Single
23 (12.2)
9 (52.9)
Married/living with partner
117 (61.9)
7 (41.2)
Divorced
13 (6.9)
1 (5.9)
Widowed
36 (19.0)
0 (0.0)
Education
Illiterate
44 (23.3)
n/a
Primary education
63 (33.3)
n/a
Secondary education
47 (24.9)
n/a
Technological educational institute
14 (7.4)
n/a
University
20 (10.6)
n/a
Postgraduate university education
1 (0.5)
n/a
Professional status
Employed
33 (17.5)
n/a
Unemployed
16 (8.5)
n/a
Student
8 (4.2)
n/a
Housewife
132 (69.8)
n/a
Net personal monthly income
O Euros
30 (15.9)
n/a
1–500 Euros
97 (51.3)
n/a
501–1000 Euros
48 (25.4)
n/a
1001–1500 Euros
12 (6.3)
n/a
>1500 Euros
2 (1.1)
n/a
Duration of employment in current post
0–2 years
n/a
11 (64.7)
3–5 years
n/a
5 (29.4)
6–9 years
n/a
0 (0.0)
10–14 years
n/a
1 (5.9)
≥15 years
n/a
0 (0.0)
Total years of work experience
0–4 years
n/a
5 (29.4)
5–9 years
n/a
6 (35.3)
10–14 years
n/a
3 (17.6)
≥15 years
n/a
3 (17.6)
Average duration of night sleep
≤ 5 hours
n/a
10 (58.8)
6–9 hours
n/a
7 (41.2)
≥10 hours
n/a
0 (0.0)
Continuous variables
Mean (SD); median (IQR)
Age
66 (19.27); 72 (25)
36 (11); 33 (16)
Household members
2 (1.19); 2 (1)
2 (1.00); 2 (2)
SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range; n/a = not applicable.
