Brazilian version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy: psychometric properties and factor analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empathy is a central characteristic of medical professionalism and has recently gained attention in medical education research. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy is the most commonly used measure of empathy worldwide, and to date it has been translated in 39 languages. This study aimed to adapt the Jefferson Scale of Empathy to the Brazilian culture and to test its reliability and validity among Brazilian medical students.

Methods

The Portuguese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy was adapted to Brazil using back-translation techniques. This version was pretested among 39 fifth-year medical students in September 2010. During the final fifth- and sixth-year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (October 2011), 319 students were invited to respond to the scal

SUBMITTER: Paro HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528616 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature