| Strengtheners | N | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| · Absolute | 486 | 77 | 15.8 | 133 | 27.4 | 88 | 18.1 | 40 | 8.2 | 39 | 8.0 | 109 | 22.5 |
| · Prioritized | 463 | 70 | 15.1 | 76 | 16.4 | 76 | 16.4 | 77 | 16.6 | 53 | 11.5 | 111 | 24.0 |
| · Simple | 82 | 11 | 13.4 | 23 | 28.1 | 12 | 14.6 | 13 | 15.9 | 7 | 8.5 | 16 | 19.5 |
| · Inevitable | 143 | 25 | 17.5 | 28 | 19.6 | 37 | 25.9 | 15 | 10.5 | 16 | 11.2 | 22 | 15.3 |
| · Instruction (direct/indirect) | 88 | 10 | 11.4 | 22 | 25.0 | 23 | 26.1 | 11 | 12.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 18 | 20.5 |
| · Independent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| · Unambiguous | 71 | 11 | 15.5 | 17 | 23.9 | 12 | 16.9 | 8 | 11.3 | 11 | 15.5 | 12 | 16.9 |
| · Perceptible | 64 | 8 | 12.5 | 8 | 12.5 | 13 | 20.3 | 16 | 25.0 | 9 | 14.1 | 10 | 15.6 |
| · Coherent | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 7.7 | 4 | 30.8 |
| · Evidenced | 57 | 3 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.8 | 16 | 28.1 | 5 | 8.8 | 19 | 33.3 | 9 | 15.8 |
| · Medical expert | 38 | 2 | 5.3 | 10 | 26.3 | 5 | 13.2 | 6 | 15.8 | 4 | 10.5 | 11 | 28.9 |
| · Non-medical but insistent expert | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Legend: P1 (patient 1): a 46-year-old dissimulating man with epigastric pain (soor esophagitis, HIV), P2 (patient 2): a 44-year-old angry man with severe abdominal pain (abdominal migraine), P3 (patient 3): 46-year-old friendly woman with elevated creatinine level (acute renal failure due to hantavirus), P4 (patient 4): a 52-year-old taciturn man with dull and constant abdominal pain (chronic cholecystitis), P5 (patient 5): 35-year-old worried woman with severe lower abdominal pain (torted ovarian cyst), P6 (patient 6): 48-year-old unfocused woman with general weakness (vitamin B1 deficiency after gastric sleeve operation)
Int J Med Educ. 2022; 13:28-34; doi: 10.5116/ijme.61e6.cde0