Empathy Levels Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Karachi, Pakistan - a Cross-sectional Study

Completed

• Conditions: Empathy

• Registration Number: NCT05736276
• Lead Sponsor: Ziauddin University

Brief Summary

Empathy is a concept native to the field of medicine. However, over the course of medical school, empathy levels are expected to decline. The aim of this study was to assess the empathy levels amongst medical students in relation to their year of study and specialties of choice in the future. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess empathy levels among students from medical colleges in Karachi, Pakistan, using an online survey. The total duration of the study was two months. The authors analyzed the data using SPSS version 20. A total of 463 undergraduate medical students participated in this survey.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-07-30
• Study Completion: 2022-07-30
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 463

Inclusion Criteria

• undergraduate medical students

Exclusion Criteria

• all the remaining population

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Empathy score on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)	June 2022 - July 2022	The total score range of the JSE is 20-140. Each factor of the questionnaire attributes to both positive and negatively phrased questions with '1' signifying 'strongly disagree' and '7' signifying 'strongly agree'.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ziauddin University; 🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan