Does Emotional Intelligence of Dental Undergraduates Influence Their Patient Satisfaction?

Table 1

Comparison of mean EI and factor scores of dental undergraduate’s gender and year of the study.

	N (%)	EI (mean, 95% CI)	value	Factor 1 (mean, 95% CI)	value	Factor 2 (mean, 95% CI)	value	Factor 3 (mean, 95% CI)	value	Factor 4 (mean, 95% CI)	value
Gender
Male	23 (50.0)	126.9 (122.2–131.6)	0.218	47.6 (45.4–49.7)	0.117	22.4 (21.1–23.6)	0.495	23.0 (21.8–24.3)	0.903	33.9 (32.9–35.0)	0.422
Female	23 (50.0)	123.4 (120.0–126.7)		45.3 (43.4–47.3)		21.8 (20.7–22.9)		22.9 (22.2–23.7)		33.3 (32.0–34.6)
Cohort
Year 5	22 (47.8)	124.1 (120.6–127.5)	0.464	46.3 (44.6–47.9)	0.806	22.4 (21.3–23.4)	0.490	22.5 (21.4–23.6)	0.174	32.9 (31.8–34.1)	0.107
Year 4	24 (52.2)	126.1 (121.5–130.7)		46.6 (44.2–49.0)		21.8 (20.5–23.1)		23.5 (22.5–24.4)		34.3 (33.1–35.4)

Factor 1: optimism/mood regulation, factor 2: utilization of emotions, factor 3: appraisal of emotions, and factor 4: social skills.