Empathy Levels Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Ka... | NCT05736276

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Empathy Levels Among Undergraduate Medical Students in Karachi, Pakistan - a Cross-sectional Study

NCT05736276

Sponsor

Ziauddin University

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Feb 21, 2023Actual

Enrollment

463Actual

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Empathy

Interventions

Not provided

Countries

Pakistan

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

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Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jan 2023

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Jun 1, 2022Actual

Primary Completion Date

Jul 30, 2022Actual

Completion Date

Jul 30, 2022Actual

First Submitted Date

Jan 18, 2023

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Feb 16, 2023

First Posted Date

Feb 21, 2023Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

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Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

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Results First Posted Date

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Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

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Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

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Certification/Extension First Posted Date

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Last Update Submitted Date

Feb 16, 2023

Last Update Posted Date

Feb 21, 2023Actual

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

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Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

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Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

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Product Exported from US

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FDAAA801 Violation

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Description Module

Brief Summary

Empathy is a concept native to the field of medicine. However, over the course of medical school, empathy levels are expected to decline. The aim of this study was to assess the empathy levels amongst medical students in relation to their year of study and specialties of choice in the future. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess empathy levels among students from medical colleges in Karachi, Pakistan, using an online survey. The total duration of the study was two months. The authors analyzed the data using SPSS version 20. A total of 463 undergraduate medical students participated in this survey.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

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Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

463Actual

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Empathy score on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE)	The total score range of the JSE is 20-140. Each factor of the questionnaire attributes to both positive and negatively phrased questions with '1' signifying 'strongly disagree' and '7' signifying 'strongly agree'.	June 2022 - July 2022

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

undergraduate medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

all the remaining population

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

17 Years

Maximum Age

24 Years

Standard Ages

ChildAdult

Study Population

Undergraduate medical students enrolled in different years of the academic program were involved to cater to those in the pre-clinical years as well as those receiving clinical exposure.

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

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Overall Officials

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Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Ziauddin University		Karachi	Sindh	75600	Pakistan

IPD Sharing Statement Module

Plan to Share IPD

Description

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Types

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Time Frame

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Access Criteria

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URL

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