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Table 3 Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS) scores before and after GFMP master programme distributed by gender

From: Impact on core values of family medicine from a 2-year Master’s programme in Gezira, Sudan: observational study

 

PPOS score

Change

P-value

Before

After

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

All (n = 103)

 Total PPOS score

3.75

0.48

3.60

0.60

−0.15

0.007

 Caring subscale

3.37

0.63

3.36

0.73

−0.01

0.950

 Sharing subscale

4.14

0.56

3.85

0.60

−0.29

< 0.001

Males (n = 41)

 Total PPOS score

3.74

0.44

3.50

0.66

− 0.24

0.011

 Caring subscale

3.43

0.62

3.20

0.77

−0.23

0.062

 Sharing subscale

4.05

0.51

3.82

0.65

−0.23

0.042

Females (n = 62)

 Total PPOS score

3.76

0.50

3.66

0.55

−0.10

0.182

 Caring subscale

3.33

0.64

3.47

0.68

0.14

0.120

 Sharing subscale

4.20

0.59

3.87

0.58

−0.33

< 0.002

  1. P-values calculated by paired t tests