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Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students

NCT05016115 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2021-08-23

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Summary

'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).

Conditions

  • Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-15
Primary Completion
2019-12-15
Completion
2020-06-15

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