Empathy Levels Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Karachi, Pakistan - a Cross-sectional Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Empathy
- Sponsor
- Ziauddin University
- Enrollment
- 463
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Empathy score on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •undergraduate medical students
Exclusion Criteria
- •all the remaining population
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Empathy score on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)
Time Frame: 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'.