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Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Physiotherapy Students

Sponsor
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT05016115
Collaborator
(none)
120
Enrollment
45
Actual Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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).

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: survey

Detailed Description

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.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
120 participants
Observational Model:
Case-Only
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of Empathy Levels in Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students
Actual Study Start Date :
Sep 15, 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 15, 2019
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jun 15, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
physiotherapy students

Totally 120 physiotherapy students at a non-governmental university in Istanbul participated in this study.

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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Empathy levels of the students [5 minutes]

    It was measured if the empathy levels of the students increase year by year

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Empathy levels of female students [5 minutes]

    It was measured if female students are more empathetic than male ones

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
19 Years to 24 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Responsible Party:
Hulya Yucel, Assoc. Prof., Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05016115
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 71306642/050-01-04/257
First Posted:
Aug 23, 2021
Last Update Posted:
Aug 23, 2021
Last Verified:
Aug 1, 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Undecided
Plan to Share IPD:
Undecided
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Hulya Yucel, Assoc. Prof., Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
empathy
longitudinal studies
students

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 23, 2021