Profiles of intercultural sensitivity of healthcare students: a person-centred approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to explore healthcare students' intercultural sensitivity profiles and their relationship with empathy to develop effective education methods that promote non-discriminatory patient care.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study, involving a total of 508 international (n= 100) and local (n= 408) healthcare students in Hungary by convenience sampling. The survey included demographics, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. We applied latent profile analysis to identify distinct sensitivity profiles and used multinomial logistic regression to estimate the predictive power of several background variables on profile group membership.

Results

A four-profile solution emerged: "Interculturally averag

SUBMITTER: Lucza L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687379 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature