Impact of Virtual Dementia Tour on empathy level of nursing students: A quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As a developable ability, empathy is significantly associated with patient-centered care. The authors intended to evaluate the effect of Virtual Dementia Tour (VDT) upon nursing students' empathy level and propose practical rationales for optimizing future dementia care.

Methods

A total of 45 second-year undergraduate nursing students were organized to watch a theme movie entitled Still Alice and participate in an 8-min VDT. Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Students (JSE-HPS) was employed for evaluating the empathy level of nursing students. After VDT, all nursing students participated in a structured interview. Descriptive statistics and paired t-tests were performed using SPSS 24.0.

Results

Their empathy levels demonstrated sign

SUBMITTER: Peng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424149 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature