Effects on Emphathy in Physiotherapy Students After Simulation as an Active Method for Learning the Clinical Enterview

Effects on Emphathy in Physiotherapy Students After Simulation With Kirkpatric Evaluation as an Active Method for Learning the Clinical Enterview

The aim of the main study is to find out the effects on empathy in physiotherapy students after role playing in the learning of the clinical history.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy Students
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: role-playing for learning the clinical interview

Detailed Description

Thirty-one first-year physiotherapy students will carry out the role-playing methodology to learn how to take a clinical history in physiotherapy.

Before and after the realization, they will be measured by means of a validated questionnaire in Spanish, the language in which they study, the variable of empathy.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 28

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Madrid, Spain, 28040
    • Eva María Martínez-Jiménez

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Men and women who are studying the first year of Physiotherapy at the Complutense University of Madrid and wish to participate in the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women who are studying the first year of Physiotherapy at the Complutense University of Madrid and wish to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who do not wish to participate in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Role-playing for learning the clinical interview	Other: role-playing for learning the clinical interview; role-playing for learning the clinical interview

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Jefferson Scale or Medical Empathy Scale before role playing	To determine the empathy levels of nursing students, the validated Jefferson Empathy Scale for health professions students will be used. This scale consists of 20 items, each of which is assessed using a seven-point Likert-type response scale (from 1 = 'strongly disagree' to 7 = 'strongly agree'). These items are divided into three subscales: 'perspective taking' (11 items), which refers to the cognitive aspects of empathy; 'compassionate care' (6 items), which is characterised by a combination of cognitive and affective aspects of empathy; and 'putting oneself in the patient's shoes' (three items), considered the inverse of emotional distancing . Ten of these items are positively worded, while the other 10 are negatively worded and should be reversed. The total scores range from 20 to 140 points. Higher scores reflect higher levels of empathy.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Empathy Quotent before role playing.	It consists of 60 items, 40 measuring empathy and 20 control measures. Scores range from 0 to 80. It measures cognitive and affective empathy in adults. Equalizer allows classification into four categories, which facilitates comparison between groups. The cut-off for each level is: from 0 to 32 scores: low empathy (average scores in Asperger Syndrome is 20), from 33 to 52 scores: average empathy (average in men 42, average in women 47), from 53 to 63 scores: above average, from 64 to 80 scores: high empathy	Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Jefferson Scale or Medical Empathy Scale after role playing	To determine the empathy levels of nursing students, the validated Jefferson Empathy Scale for health professions students will be used. This scale consists of 20 items, each of which is assessed using a seven-point Likert-type response scale (from 1 = 'strongly disagree' to 7 = 'strongly agree'). These items are divided into three subscales: 'perspective taking' (11 items), which refers to the cognitive aspects of empathy; 'compassionate care' (6 items), which is characterised by a combination of cognitive and affective aspects of empathy; and 'putting oneself in the patient's shoes' (three items), considered the inverse of emotional distancing . Ten of these items are positively worded, while the other 10 are negatively worded and should be reversed. The total scores range from 20 to 140 points. Higher scores reflect higher levels of empathy.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Empathy Quotent after role playing	This questionnaire has been widely used to measure empathy in health science students.13 It consists of 60 items, 40 measuring empathy and 20 control measures. Scores range from 0 to 80. It measures cognitive and affective empathy in adults. Equalizer allows classification into four categories, which facilitates comparison between groups. The cut-off for each level is: from 0 to 32 scores: low empathy (average scores in Asperger Syndrome is 20), from 33 to 52 scores: average empathy (average in men 42, average in women 47), from 53 to 63 scores: above average, from 64 to 80 scores: high empathy.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mayuben Private Clinic

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 2, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): September 16, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 15, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 23, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 21, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 17, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Medical education; physiotherapy; empathy; nursing education
• Other Study ID Numbers: 23/29302

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No