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NCT05736276 Clinical Trial

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

Empathy Clinical Trial

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT05736276
Other study ID # 0110721MNY5
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2022
Est. completion date July 30, 2022

Study information
Verified date January 2023
Source Ziauddin University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 463
Est. completion date July 30, 2022
Est. primary completion date July 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 17 Years to 24 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - undergraduate medical students Exclusion Criteria: - all the remaining population

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Locations
Country Name City State
Pakistan Ziauddin University Karachi Sindh

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Ziauddin University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Empathy score on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) 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'. June 2022 - July 2022
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