Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students

NCT ID: NCT05016115

Last Updated: 2021-08-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-15

Study Completion Date

2020-06-15

Brief Summary

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'Empathy' is a core term of occupations related to health sciences like physiotherapy. In physiotherapy education programs, empathy is necessary to have a successful cooperation with the clients. This study was planned to follow the changes of empathy levels in physiotherapy students of a four-year bachelor program and therefore enhance the curriculum related to the results. To the best of our knowledge, this research is the first longitudinal study about empathy levels of students in Turkey. Hypotheses: Empathy levels of the students increase year by year (1). Female students are more empathetic than male ones (2).

Detailed Description

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Totally 120 physiotherapy students at a non-governmental university in Istanbul participated in this study. The Turkish reworded student version of the Jefferson scale of physician empathy was used. Empathy scores were compared related to study years and gender. Empathy scores relevant to gender were compared using Mann-Whitney U test. The Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance was used for differences among the four study years.

Conditions

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Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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physiotherapy students

Totally 120 physiotherapy students at a non-governmental university in Istanbul participated in this study.

survey

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Turkish reworded student version of the Jefferson scale of physician empathy was used. Empathy scores were compared related to study years and gender.

Interventions

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survey

The Turkish reworded student version of the Jefferson scale of physician empathy was used. Empathy scores were compared related to study years and gender.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* attending the first through fourth year of physiotherapy department
* being willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

do not continue in physiotherapy department
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hulya Yucel

Assoc. Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Chen PJ, Huang CD, Yeh SJ. Impact of a narrative medicine programme on healthcare providers' empathy scores over time. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Jul 5;17(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0952-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28679379 (View on PubMed)

Hojat M, Gonnella JS. Eleven Years of Data on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Medical Student Version (JSE-S): Proxy Norm Data and Tentative Cutoff Scores. Med Princ Pract. 2015;24(4):344-50. doi: 10.1159/000381954. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25924560 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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71306642/050-01-04/257

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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