Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences

Zainab Ali; Surg Lt Humera Maryam; Maryam Mansoor; Dr Sidra Hamid; Sumia Fatima

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

J Med Res Rev. 2023; 1(1): 25-31

doi: 10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences

Zainab Ali, Surg Lt Humera Maryam, Maryam Mansoor, Dr Sidra Hamid, Sumia Fatima.

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Abstract
Aims: To determine empathy levels of medical students of Rawal institute of Health Sciences using Jefferson scale of physician empathy and to establish the relationship between empathy scores and year of study and gender
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2022 to July 2022, at Rawal Institute of Health Sciences. Jefferson Scale of Empathy Health Profession Students' version was distributed among 230 students of all five years of MBBS.
Results: The results showed that 67.8% (n=156/230) had good empathy score, 20.9% (n=48/230) had excellent score and 11.3% (n=26/230) had average quality empathy score. The relation between year of study and empathy score was significant (p=0.003) with 3rd year students having excellent empathy scores as compared to the rest of the years and 5th year having more students with average empathy as compared to the rest of the years. The relation between gender and empathy scores was not significant (p=0.302).
Conclusion: Professional empathy among medical students is associated with increased satisfaction with their education, lower levels of stress and burn out and higher ratings of overall clinical competence. Private medical students have good scores of empathies.

Key words: Emotional Intelligence (D056348), Ethics (D004989) Education (D004493) Medical Students (D013337)

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Ali Z, Maryam SLH, Mansoor M, Hamid DS, Fatima S. Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. J Med Res Rev. 2023; 1(1): 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali Z, Maryam SLH, Mansoor M, Hamid DS, Fatima S. Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. https://www.wisdomgale.com/jmrr/?mno=166916 [Access: June 27, 2026].

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali Z, Maryam SLH, Mansoor M, Hamid DS, Fatima S. Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. J Med Res Rev. 2023; 1(1): 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali Z, Maryam SLH, Mansoor M, Hamid DS, Fatima S. Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. J Med Res Rev. (2023), [cited June 27, 2026]; 1(1): 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali, Z., Maryam, . S. L. H., Mansoor, . M., Hamid, . D. S. & Fatima, . S. (2023) Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. J Med Res Rev, 1 (1), 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali, Zainab, Surg Lt Humera Maryam, Maryam Mansoor, Dr Sidra Hamid, and Sumia Fatima. 2023. Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. Journal of Medical Research and Reviews, 1 (1), 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali, Zainab, Surg Lt Humera Maryam, Maryam Mansoor, Dr Sidra Hamid, and Sumia Fatima. "Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences." Journal of Medical Research and Reviews 1 (2023), 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali, Zainab, Surg Lt Humera Maryam, Maryam Mansoor, Dr Sidra Hamid, and Sumia Fatima. "Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences." Journal of Medical Research and Reviews 1.1 (2023), 25-31. Print.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022

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Ali, Z., Maryam, . S. L. H., Mansoor, . M., Hamid, . D. S. & Fatima, . S. (2023) Empathy levels among undergraduate students of health sciences. Journal of Medical Research and Reviews, 1 (1), 25-31.

doi:10.5455/JMRR.20230825041022