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Table 2 Emotional Intelligence, Academic Performance and Extracurricular Activities

From: Temporal changes in emotional intelligence (EI) among medical undergraduates: a 5-year follow up study

  Mean EI Score ± SD Mean % change in EI score ± SD
Baseline Follow-up p value*
All students
(n = 170) 		Males
(n = 70) 		Females
(n = 100) 		All students
(n = 170) 		Males
(n = 70) 		Females
(n = 100)
IBSS Examination
 Pass (n = 124) 123.1 ± 11.3 122.2 ± 11.8 123.8 ± 10.9 129.1 ± 11.6 130.7 ± 13.3 128.0 ± 10.1 < 0.001 6.0 ± 14.3
 Repeat (n = 46) 121.4 ± 12.3 121.6 ± 13.6 121.3 ± 11.6 128.3 ± 10.4 127.8 ± 9.3 128.6 ± 11.1 0.003 6.2 ± 12.6
IBSS Examination Grade
 First Class (n = 19) 122.2 ± 10.1 120.0 ± 7.0 123.2 ± 11.3 134.3 ± 13.4 142.5 ± 13.0 130.5 ± 12.2 0.014 9.7 ± 15.1
 Second Upper (n = 32) 124.0 ± 14.5 121.8 ± 15.6 125.4 ± 13.9 128.3 ± 9.1 128.4 ± 10.5 128.2 ± 8.3 0.264 4.4 ± 16.1
 Second Lower (n = 30) 125.4 ± 9.0 125.1 ± 10.6 125.6 ± 8.3 129.6 ± 13.5 132.0 ± 16.7 128.3 ± 11.5 0.107 4.8 ± 14.1
 Pass (n = 43) 121.3 ± 10.5 121.7 ± 11.4 121.0 ± 9.8 127.1 ± 10.5 128.2 ± 11.9 125.9 ± 9.0 0.004 6.6 ± 12.7
IBSS Examination Distinction
 Yes (n = 55) 124.1 ± 12.7 123.6 ± 14.2 124.4 ± 11.8 130.2 ± 11.6 131.0 ± 14.4 129.7 ± 9.7 0.015 6.2 ± 15.9
 No (n = 73) 122.0 ± 10.0 121.5 ± 9.9 122.4 ± 10.1 128.1 ± 11.0 130.4 ± 12.5 126.3 ± 9.4 0.001 5.7 ± 12.9
CSS Examination
 Pass (n = 141) 123.0 ± 11.5 122.5 ± 12.2 123.3 ± 11.1 128.7 ± 11.0 129.8 ± 12.8 128.0 ± 9.7 < 0.001 5.7 ± 14.1
 Repeat (n = 28) 121.0 ± 12.0 120.0 ± 13.1 121.9 ± 11.2 129.9 ± 12.5 130.8 ± 11.3 129.2 ± 13.8 0.003 8.1 ± 12.4
CSS Examination Grade
 First Class (n = 9) 122.3 ± 10.4 127.0 ± 5.6 121.0 ± 11.4 132.8 ± 12.6 140.0 ± 15.5 130.7 ± 12.2 0.089 9.4 ± 16.2
 Second Upper (n = 43) 124.7 ± 12.0 119.1 ± 13.8 128.0 ± 9.5 128.2 ± 11.0 128.6 ± 14.0 128.0 ± 9.1 0.164 3.9 ± 14.5
 Second Lower (n = 57) 121.7 ± 10.1 125.0 ± 9.5 119.9 ± 10.1 128.4 ± 11.1 130.3 ± 13.6 127.3 ± 9.6 0.003 6.3 ± 13.6
 Pass (n = 31) 122.4 ± 13.2 122.2 ± 13.6 122.6 ± 13.2 128.6 ± 10.8 129.2 ± 11.1 127.7 ± 10.8 0.061 6.3 ± 14.5
CSS Examination Distinction
 Yes (n = 41) 123.8 ± 12.2 121.1 ± 13.9 125.5 ± 11.0 129.7 ± 11.6 131.3 ± 15.2 128.7 ± 8.6 0.038 6.0 ± 16.1
 No (n = 99) 122.4 ± 11.1 123.0 ± 11.5 122.0 ± 10.8 128.2 ± 10.8 129.2 ± 11.9 127.5 ± 10.1 < 0.001 5.7 ± 13.3
Extracurricular activities
 Yes (n = 129) 123.0 ± 11.5 122.5 ± 12.4 123.5 ± 10.8 129.3 ± 11.5 130.2 ± 13.0 128.6 ± 10.1 < 0.001 7.1 ± 14.1
 No (n = 41) 121.8 ± 11.7 120.6 ± 11.9 122.3 ± 11.8 127.9 ± 10.6 129.3 ± 10.4 127.3 ± 10.9 0.006 2.9 ± 12.5
Number of Extracurricular activities
 One (n = 56) 121.1 ± 11.9 122.8 ± 12.2 119.6 ± 11.6 130.2 ± 11.3 132.0 ± 12.5 128.6 ± 10.2 < 0.001 8.5 ± 13.4
 Two (n = 51) 122.1 ± 13.3 120.8 ± 14.6 122.9 ± 12.6 128.1 ± 10.9 127.8 ± 13.6 128.3 ± 9.0 0.015 6.3 ± 15.6
 Three (n = 22) 125.8 ± 10.6 121.8 ± 10.5 129.1 ± 9.9 131.4 ± 11.3 132.1 ± 12.6 130.9 ± 10.6 0.097 5.2 ± 12.4
Satisfaction with chosen field
 Satisfied (n = 111) 122.8 ± 11.8 122.0 ± 12.6 123.4 ± 11.3 130.6 ± 10.5 130.9 ± 11.8 130.5 ± 9.5 < 0.001 7.5 ± 14.4#
 Not Satisfied (n = 19) 126.3 ± 11.9 127.9 ± 14.6 125.2 ± 10.1 120.0 ± 13.0 121.2 ± 15.7 119.1 ± 11.4 0.122 -4.2 ± 13.6#†
 Not Sure (n = 40) 120.5 ± 10.2 119.4 ± 9.1 121.2 ± 11.1 128.3 ± 10.6 131.7 ± 11.2 126.0 ± 9.7 < 0.001 6.9 ± 9.8†
Plan to do postgraduate studies
 Yes (n = 119) 123.6 ± 11.4 123.3 ± 12.7 123.8 ± 10.4 128.7 ± 11.8 129.8 ± 12.7 127.9 ± 11.1 0.001 5.0 ± 13.8
 No (n = 51) 120.5 ± 11.8 119.2 ± 10.6 121.5 ± 12.7 129.5 ± 9.9 130.4 ± 12.0 128.8 ± 8.3 < 0.001 8.4 ± 13.7
  1. * - p Value for comparison between baseline and follow-up among all students; CSS Clinical Sciences Stream, EI Emotional Intelligence, IBSS Introductory Basic Science Stream, SD Standard Deviation; # p – 0.001; † p – 0.003
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