Comparative Study of Empathy and Anxiety in the Different Academic Years, at the Beginning of Academic Year and Exam Period in Healthy Students.

Comparative Study of Empathy and Anxiety in the Different Academic Years, at the Beginning of Academic Year and Exam Period and the Relationship of These Variables With Personality at the University of León and Madrid in the Degree of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry.

Students from different health science degrees will carry out a study on the variables of empathy, anxiety and personality profile.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Health Promotion; Health Behavior; Health Education
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: observational study

Detailed Description

Students from different health science degrees will carry out a study on the variables of empathy, anxiety and personality profile by means of validated questionnaires in order to compare them between different Spanish regions and in different courses to be able to see their evolution and characteristics.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 65

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Eva María Martínez-Jiménez, PhD; Phone Number: 913941498; Email: evamam03@ucm.es

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Health science students are the target population of this study and the aim is to obtain data on their state and trait anxiety as well as its relationship with personality at the beginning of the academic year.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women who are studying a health grade.
• Subjects that 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?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Empathy Quotent	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
State anxiety	The response scale is Likert-type with 4 alternatives (in the Spanish adaptation from 0 to 3). There are 20 items for evaluation. Thus, the range of responses goes from 0 to 60, with a higher level of anxiety corresponding to a higher score.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Anxiety as a trait	The response scale is Likert-type with 4 alternatives (in the Spanish adaptation from 0 to 3). Trait anxiety has 20 items for its evaluation. Thus, the range of responses goes from 0 to 60, with a higher level of anxiety corresponding to a higher score.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week
Abbreviated personality questionnaire	The EPQR-A is an abbreviated form of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. It is a 24-item self-report measure that leverages three personality scales (extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism) and a lie validity scale. Each scale is assessed by 6 questions that participants rate on a binary frequency scale scored 1 or 0.	Through study completion, an average of 1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mayuben Private Clinic

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 6, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 10, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 17, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 23, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2024
• Last Verified: July 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: anxiety; Health behavior; health students; empahty; assessment personality
• Other Study ID Numbers: C.I. 23/792-E

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