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Table 3 Perceived realism of the video vignette, physician and patient: means and standard deviations stratified by introduction format (A or B) and camera focus (1, 2 or 3)

From: Studying medical communication with video vignettes: a randomized study on how variations in video-vignette introduction format and camera focus influence analogue patients’ engagement

   

Perceived realism of the

Introduction format

Camera focus

 

vignette

physician

patient

N

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

A. Audiovisual

1. Physician-only

30

5.52 (1.10)

5.63 (1.18)

4.98 (1.26)

2. Neutral alternating

31

5.51 (1.18)

5.65 (1.05)

4.82 (1.38)

3. Emotion-focused alternating

31

5.53 (0.96)

5.40 (1.17)

5.35 (1.42)

Total

92

5.52 (1.07)

5.56 (1.13)

5.05 (1.36)

B. Written

1. Physician-only

29

5.64 (1.03)

5.47 (1.38)

4.45 (1.37)

2. Neutral alternating

30

5.34 (1.31)

5.43 (1.26)

4.58 (1.50)

3. Emotion-focused alternating

29

5.51 (0.85)

5.40 (1.17)

5.59 (1.25)

Total

88

5.50 (1.08)

5.43 (1.26)

4.87 (1.46)

Total

1. Physician-only

59

5.58 (1.06)

5.55 (1.28)

4.72 (1.33)

2. Neutral alternating

61

5.43 (1.24)

5.54 (1.16)

4.70 (1.43)

3. Emotion-focused alternating

60

5.52 (0.90)

5.40 (1.16)

5.47 (1.33)

Total

180

5.51 (1.07)

5.50 (1.19)

4.96 (1.41)

  1. Notes. Possible range in values is 1–7; higher values indicate higher levels of perceived realism. The bold values indicate a significant effect of camera focus: analogue patients who watched the video vignettes with the emotion-focused alternating camera focus (variant 3), perceived the video patient’s appearance and behavior as more realistic than those who watched the physician-only (p = 0.003) or the neutral alternating (p = 0.003) variants