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Table 2 Means, standard deviations, and welch’s t-tests of moral evaluations of patient’ substance misuse

From: A quantitative survey measure of moral evaluations of patient substance misuse among health professionals in California, urban France, and urban China

 

California (a)

Urban France (b)

Urban China (c)

  

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

Group M

t tests

Overall

173

1.59(.63)

102

1.58(.57)

249

2.51 (0.76)

–

a-b, p = .912

b-c, p < .01

a-c, p < .01

Age Group

  

 18-24 (d)

7

1.93(.53)

3

1.55(.10)

38

2.45(.67)

2.32

d-e, p = .109

 25-44 (e)

80

1.58(.66)

58

1.65(.62)

162

2.54(.80)

2.11

e-f, p < .01

 45+ (f)

86

1.58(.60)

41

1.49(.52)

49

2.45(.71)

1.80

d-f, p < .01

Gender

  

 Male (g)

34

1.71(.69)

54

1.57(.60)

67

2.48(.74)

1.99

g-h, p = .554

 Female (h)

138

1.57(.61)

48

1.59(.54)

182

2.52(.77)

2.04

 

Occupation

  

 Physician (i)

42

1.61(.67)

65

1.56(.55)

87

2.46(.67)

1.98

i-j, p < .01

 Nurse (j)

46

1.64(.59)

17

1.61(.11)

108

2.65(.82)

2.28

j-k, p < .01

 Other HP (k)

85

1.56(.64)

20

1.63(.68)

54

2.28(.72)

1.81

i-k, p = .04

  1. ME-PSM items scale range: 1–4