Empathy: relationship with family functionality, age, semester and gender in medical students

Authors

  • Jorge Bilbao Ramírez Universidad Libre, Colombia
  • Jesús Iglesias Acosta Universidad Libre, Colombia
  • Elvira Crespo Camacho Universidad Libre, Colombia
  • Gustavo de la Hoz Herrera Universidad Libre, Colombia
  • Alexander Parody Muñoz Universidad Libre, Colombia
  • Víctor Díaz Narvaez Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.03.720.555

Keywords:

Empathy, Apgar Score, Students, Medical, Family Relations, Physician-Patient Relations

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between empathy level and family functionality, and between these and sex, level of education, and age, in students of a medical program. 

Materials and methods: A descriptive research project was carried out by means of a correlational study according to Dankhe's typology, working with a sample of 493 students to whom two instruments were applied: Jefferson's Medical Empathy Scale, and the family Apgar. The correlation between the variables was evaluated using a chi-square test (?²). 

Results: No relationship was found between the variables studied and empathy with the exception of sex, which showed, in the female population, a value of p = 0.0346. 

Conclusions: A significant relationship was observed in the level of Empathy in favor of the female sex, a behavior that was not found when related to the variables Family Apgar, semester level, and age. 

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2024-12-17

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Empathy: relationship with family functionality, age, semester and gender in medical students . (2024). SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL SALUD UNINORTE, 40(3), 888-899. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.03.720.555

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