Empathy in nursing students. Cross-sectional study.

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https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.1.152.41

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Empathy, nursing, student

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the levels of empathy in students enrolled in the nursing program. Material and methods. Data Sources: The population consists of students from the first to fifth academic year (Course) (N = 312, n = 253, 81.08% of the population). Selection of studies: Exploratory and cross-sectional study. Data extraction: The information was collected between January and February 2018. Participants were given the Jefferson Medical Scale of Empathy Scale, the Spanish version for medical students (S version), validated and adapted for nursing students in Colombia. Results. Synthesis of the data: Cronbach's alpha was satisfactory (untypifed = 0.891 and typified = 0.886), from which it is inferred that the data has internal reliability. The interclass correlation coefficient was 0.891; CI [0.87, 0.909] (F = 9.15, p = 0.005): confirms the good reliability. It was observed that, in empathy, it was highly significant in all three factors; with the eta-square value satisfactory and the power observed was high. The significance level used was ? ? 0.05 and ? <0.20. Conclusions: The behavior of the levels of empathy observed in this study agrees with the concept of empathic erosion, especially when analyzing empathic behavior in the male gender. The empathy levels in the students examined are relatively low and it has been shown that there is considerable potential for growth of empathy and that of its components. Empathy is a complex part of academic formation that cannot be seen as an isolated variable.

Keywords: empathy; nursing; students.

Author Biographies

Víctor Patricio Díaz-Narváez, Universidad Andres Bello. Santiago. Chile.

Profesor Investigador. Facultad de Odontología. Universidad Andres Bello. Santiago. Chile.

 

Elizabeth Fajardo Ramos, University of Tolima, Colombia

Nurse, Masters in Nursing, Specialist in University Education, Specialist in Ecological
and Social Recreation, Professor in Department of Public Health. Faculty of
Health Sciences. University of Tolima, Colombia.

Juan Carlos Ferrero Otero, University of Tolima. Colombia.

Masters in Public Health, Specialist in University Education, Assistant Professor in the
Department of Public Health, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of
Tolima. Colombia.

Robert Utsman Abarca

Assistant Professor, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, San
José, Costa Rica.

Aracelis Calzadilla-Núñez

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Faculty of Health. Universidad Bernardo OHiggins.
Santiago. Chile and Faculty of Health Science. Universidad Autónoma de Chile.
Chile.

Patricia A Díaz-Calzadilla

Research student. Medical Student. Faculty of Health Science. Universidad Autónoma de
Chile. Chile.

Published

2022-01-19

How to Cite

Díaz-Narváez, V. P., Fajardo Ramos, E. ., Ferrero Otero, J. C. ., Utsman Abarca, R., Calzadilla-Núñez, A., & Díaz-Calzadilla, P. A. (2022). Empathy in nursing students. Cross-sectional study. Salud Uninorte, 37(1), 112–128. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.1.152.41

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