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    This document is a 20-item questionnaire called the Jefferson Scale of Empathy - Health Profession Student version (JSE-HP-S). It aims to measure empathy in healthcare students and providers. Respondents are asked to rate their level of agreement with statements about patient care perspectives and the role of empathy in treatment outcomes, using a 7-point scale.

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    This document is a 20-item questionnaire called the Jefferson Scale of Empathy - Health Profession Student version (JSE-HP-S). It aims to measure empathy in healthcare students and providers. Respondents are asked to rate their level of agreement with statements about patient care perspectives and the role of empathy in treatment outcomes, using a 7-point scale.

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    This document is a 20-item questionnaire called the Jefferson Scale of Empathy - Health Profession Student version (JSE-HP-S). It aims to measure empathy in healthcare students and providers. Respondents are asked to rate their level of agreement with statements about patient care perspectives and the role of empathy in treatment outcomes, using a 7-point scale.

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    The document content describes a questionnaire that measures empathy in healthcare providers and assesses the importance of understanding patients' emotional and personal experiences in treatment.

    The questionnaire aims to measure empathy in healthcare students and providers and how well they can understand things from patients' perspectives.

    The questionnaire assesses healthcare providers' views on how understanding patients' feelings, perspectives, body language and personal experiences can influence treatment outcomes and the provider-patient relationship.

    Jefferson Scale of Empathy

    Health Profession
    (STUDENT- VERSION) (JSE-HP-S)

    NAME:
    AGE:
    COLLEGE / DEPT:

    Instructions:
    Please indicate the extent of your agreement /
    disagreement with each of the following statements about
    patient care below, by marking the appropriate circle to the
    right of each statement.
    Please use the following 7-point scale (a higher
    Number on the scale indicates more agreement):
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7

    Strongly Strongly
    Disagree Agree
    Healthcare providers' understanding of their patients'
    1. feelings and the feelings of their patients' families does not 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    influence treatment outcomes
    Patients feel better when their healthcare providers
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    understand their feelings
    It is difficult for a healthcare provider to view things from
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    patients' perspectives

    Understanding body language is as important as verbal


    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    communication in healthcare provider-patient relationships

    A healthcare provider's sense of humour contributes to a


    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    better clinical outcome
    Because people are different, it is difficult to see things
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    from patients' perspectives
    Attention to patients' emotions is not important in patient
    7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    interview
    Attentiveness of patients' personal experiences does not
    8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    influence treatment outcomes
    Health care providers should try to stand in their
    9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    patients' shoes when providing care to them

    Patients value a healthcare provider's understanding of their


    10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    feelings which is therapeutic in its own right
    Patients' illnesses can be cured only by targeted treatment;
    therefore, healthcare providers' emotional ties with their
    11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    patients do not have a significant influence in treatment
    outcomes

    Asking patients about what is happening in their personal lives


    12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    is not helpful in understanding their physical complaints

    Healthcare providers should try to understand what is going


    13. on in their patients' minds by paying attention to their non- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    verbal cues and body language

    I believe that emotion has no place in the treatment of


    14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    medical illness

    Empathy is a therapeutic skill without which a healthcare


    15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    providers' success is limited

    Healthcare providers' understanding of the emotional status


    of their patients, as well as that of their families is one
    16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    important component of the healthcare provider – patient
    relationship

    Healthcare providers should try to think like their


    17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    patients in order to render better care

    Healthcare providers should not allow themselves to be


    18. influenced by strong personal bonds between patients and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    their family members

    19. I do not enjoy reading non-medical literature or the arts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

    I believe that empathy is an important factor in patients'


    20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    treatment

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