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BehavioralThe Turkish reworded student version of the Jefferson scale of physician empathy was used. Empathy scores were compared related to study years and gender.
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NCT Number: NCT05016115
Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students
'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).
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Age range
19 year–24 year
Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Observational
About this study
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.
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
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
Treatment and study plan
Primary outcomes
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Empathy levels of the students
Time frame: 5 minutes
It was measured if the empathy levels of the students increase year by year
Secondary outcomes
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Empathy levels of female students
Time frame: 5 minutes
It was measured if female students are more empathetic than male ones
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
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Registry information
Official study title
A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students
Acronym: Empathy
Important dates
- Study start
- 2016
- Primary completion
- 2019
- Study completion
- 2020
- First posted
- Aug 23, 2021
- Registry last updated
- Aug 23, 2021
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