RT journal article
T1 Teaching empathy to nursing students: A randomised controlled trial
A1 Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Martina
A1 Díaz Rodríguez, Mercedes
A1 Carnicer Fuentes, Concepción
A1 Castro Yuste, Cristina María
A1 García Cabanillas, María José
A1 Gavira Fernández, Cristina
A1 Martelo Baro, María de los Ángeles
A1 Paloma Castro, Olga
A1 Paublete Herrera, María del Carmen
A1 Rodríguez Cornejo, María Jesús
A1 Moreno Corral, Luis Javier
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 Empathy
K1 Health communication
K1 Intervention study
K1 Nursing education
K1 Nursing students
K1 Professional-patient relations
K1 Randomised controlled trial
K1 Role-playing
AB Background: Empathy has been reported to produce a positive effect on improving patient health outcomes, becoming a fundamental skill in any health personnel-patient relationship.Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve the nursing students' empathy, the learning perception, the improvement of the perception in the understanding of the content, and in the degree of difficulty as well as the acquisition of skills.Design: Multicentre randomised controlled trial.Setting: This research was conducted at two schools of nursing at a public university in the Southwest of Spain.Participants: 116 nursing students were randomly assigned to an experimental ora control group (delayed intervention group once the post-training analysis was completed) during the second semester of the 2015/ 2016 academic year.Methods: Pre-test, post-test, and follow-up data were obtained for each group using a simulated clinical interview. Empathy was the primary outcome (The Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure, Jefferson Scale of Empathy student version, Reynolds Empathy Scale, and Carkhuff Scale). The students' perceived knowledge, the learning perception, the self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) and the understanding of the content and acquisition of skills (ad-hoc questions) were also analysed.Results: The results were improved in ali the measures conducted in the experimental groups at the different centres after the intervention. The mean post-test simulation seores were higher than the pre-test with statistically significan! differences. The results were maintained in the follow-up. The student's perception of learning and the perception of understanding of the content and the acquisition of ski lls were improved as well.Conclusion: The study support that training in empathic competence is effective.
PB Elsevier
SN 1532-2793
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30364
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30364
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026