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Serrada-Tejeda, S., Martínez-Piedrola, RM., Huertas-Hoyas, E., Máximo-Bocanegra, N., Trugeda-Pedrajo, N., Rodríguez-Pérez, MP., Sánchez-Herrera Baeza, P., and Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, M.

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Empatía en estudiantes de terapia ocupacional: un estudio transversal en una universidad española.

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Empathy in occupational therapy students: a cross-sectional study at a Spanish university.

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BMJ Open

Year of publication

2022

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Empatía, Empathy, terapia ocupacional, occupational therapy, estudiantes, and students

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10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058821

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Introduction: Empathy is an important interpersonal skill and a fundamental component in the professional-patient relationship, being the basis for implementing person-centred practice. In several studies, a decrease in empathy levels throughout training in medicine, nursing or dentistry, among others, has been shown. There are few studies on the occupational therapy branch of healthcare. The aim was to determine the degree of empathy perceived by students of occupational therapy at a Spanish university, as well as to analyse the differences between empathy levels according to the different degree courses and gender. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed with a sample of 221 occupational therapy students from a Spanish university. The Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student’s Spanish version (JSPE-HPS-S) were used as outcome measures. Results: According to the results found, high level of empathy was found on all dimension of the IRI (69.84 (9.80)) and the JSPE-HPS-S (122 (94-140)). Although high levels of empathy among occupational therapy students are observed in all degree courses, no significant differences were found between them. Statistically significant differences and a moderate effect size (r) were found between the variables according to the gender of the participants, with females showing greater empathy in the overall scores of the IRI as well as in the JSPE-HPS-S (p=0.002, r=0.212; p=0.001, r=0.327, respectively). Conclusions: Empathy is an essential competence for the development of quality occupational therapy practice. According to the results and although occupational therapy students showed high levels of empathy, it is important to pay attention to the evolution of empathy and to provide students with learning experiences that prevent its possible decline.

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Serrada-Tejeda, S., Martínez-Piedrola, RM., Huertas-Hoyas, E., Máximo-Bocanegra, N., Trugeda-Pedrajo, N., Rodríguez-Pérez, MP., Sánchez-Herrera Baeza, P., and Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, M.

Article title in Spanish

Empatía en estudiantes de terapia ocupacional: un estudio transversal en una universidad española.

Article title in English

Empathy in occupational therapy students: a cross-sectional study at a Spanish university.

Name of journal

BMJ Open

Year of publication

2022

Volume of the journal

Pages of the journal

Keywords

Empatía, Empathy, terapia ocupacional, occupational therapy, estudiantes, and students

DOI

10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058821

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Introduction: Empathy is an important interpersonal skill and a fundamental component in the professional-patient relationship, being the basis for implementing person-centred practice. In several studies, a decrease in empathy levels throughout training in medicine, nursing or dentistry, among others, has been shown. There are few studies on the occupational therapy branch of healthcare. The aim was to determine the degree of empathy perceived by students of occupational therapy at a Spanish university, as well as to analyse the differences between empathy levels according to the different degree courses and gender. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed with a sample of 221 occupational therapy students from a Spanish university. The Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student’s Spanish version (JSPE-HPS-S) were used as outcome measures. Results: According to the results found, high level of empathy was found on all dimension of the IRI (69.84 (9.80)) and the JSPE-HPS-S (122 (94-140)). Although high levels of empathy among occupational therapy students are observed in all degree courses, no significant differences were found between them. Statistically significant differences and a moderate effect size (r) were found between the variables according to the gender of the participants, with females showing greater empathy in the overall scores of the IRI as well as in the JSPE-HPS-S (p=0.002, r=0.212; p=0.001, r=0.327, respectively). Conclusions: Empathy is an essential competence for the development of quality occupational therapy practice. According to the results and although occupational therapy students showed high levels of empathy, it is important to pay attention to the evolution of empathy and to provide students with learning experiences that prevent its possible decline.

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Empatía en estudiantes de terapia ocupacional: un estudio transversal en una universidad española.


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Serrada-Tejeda, S., Martínez-Piedrola, RM., Huertas-Hoyas, E., Máximo-Bocanegra, N., Trugeda-Pedrajo, N., Rodríguez-Pérez, MP., Sánchez-Herrera Baeza, P., and Pérez-de-Heredia-Torres, M.

Article title in Spanish

Empatía en estudiantes de terapia ocupacional: un estudio transversal en una universidad española.

Article title in English

Empathy in occupational therapy students: a cross-sectional study at a Spanish university.

Name of journal

BMJ Open

Year of publication

2022

Volume of the journal

Pages of the journal

Keywords

Empatía, Empathy, terapia ocupacional, occupational therapy, estudiantes, and students

DOI

10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058821

Summary in Spanish

Summary in English

Introduction: Empathy is an important interpersonal skill and a fundamental component in the professional-patient relationship, being the basis for implementing person-centred practice. In several studies, a decrease in empathy levels throughout training in medicine, nursing or dentistry, among others, has been shown. There are few studies on the occupational therapy branch of healthcare. The aim was to determine the degree of empathy perceived by students of occupational therapy at a Spanish university, as well as to analyse the differences between empathy levels according to the different degree courses and gender. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed with a sample of 221 occupational therapy students from a Spanish university. The Davis Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student’s Spanish version (JSPE-HPS-S) were used as outcome measures. Results: According to the results found, high level of empathy was found on all dimension of the IRI (69.84 (9.80)) and the JSPE-HPS-S (122 (94-140)). Although high levels of empathy among occupational therapy students are observed in all degree courses, no significant differences were found between them. Statistically significant differences and a moderate effect size (r) were found between the variables according to the gender of the participants, with females showing greater empathy in the overall scores of the IRI as well as in the JSPE-HPS-S (p=0.002, r=0.212; p=0.001, r=0.327, respectively). Conclusions: Empathy is an essential competence for the development of quality occupational therapy practice. According to the results and although occupational therapy students showed high levels of empathy, it is important to pay attention to the evolution of empathy and to provide students with learning experiences that prevent its possible decline.

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