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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Empathy

Age range

17 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ziauddin University

Karachi, Sindh, 75600, Pakistan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

undergraduate medical students

Exclusion criteria

all the remaining population

Treatment and study plan

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'.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ziauddin University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Feb 21, 2023
Registry last updated: Feb 21, 2023

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