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Karimi F Z, Zarifnejad G, Abdolahi M, Ali Taghipour A. Surveying the factor structure and reliability of the Persian version of the Jefferson scale of physician empathy-health care provider student version (JSE-HPS). Journal of Hayat 2015; 21 (3) :5-14
URL: http://hayat.tums.ac.ir/article-1-1179-en.html
1- Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2- Evidence Based - Caring Research Center, Dept. of Health, Psychology and Management Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad
3- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran
4- Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , TaghipourA@mums.ac.ir
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Background & Aim: Because of the importance of empathy and positive impact on the relationship between patients and health care providers, as well as the lack of valid instrument to assess student's empathy in health domain, this study aimed to examine the factor structure and reliability of the Persian version of JSE-HPS in the students of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran.

Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, 398 nursing and midwifery students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences were selected using stratified random sampling. The data collection instrument was JSE-HP. The confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the factor structure of the instrument, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was applied to examine its reliability. The data analysis was done using LISREL version 8.8 and SPSS version 20.

Results: The results of the confirmatory factor analysis model showed given that fitness model parameters, including CFI, GFI, AGFI and NFI were approximately 1 and RMSEA index was less than 0.1, the fitness of three-factor model is appropriate. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total instrument was 0.63.

Conclusion: The current study confirmed the three-factor structure of the Persian version of JSE-HPS (20 items), included perspective taking, compassionate care and standing in patient’s shoes. Thus, this instrument is appropriate to measure empathy for patient in the health service provider students.

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Nursing Care
Published: 2015/11/30 | ePublished: 2015/11/30

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