Psychometry and Cut-off Points of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy in Medical Students in Central America and the Caribbean

CONCLUSION: Our study solves the problem of comparing the scores and the levels of empathy observed in the medical students at different schools of medicine, making said comparisons within and between countries and between genders. The instrument used has adequate psychometric properties and the cut-off values obtained allow the classifying of people with lower or higher levels of empathy.PMID:35438891

Source: Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal - April 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: V íctor P Díaz-Narváez Aracelis Calzadilla-N úñez Alejandro Reyes-Reyes Mar ía G Silva-Vetri Pilar Torres-Mart ínez Eugenia S Gonz ález-Díaz Luz M Alonso-Palacio Jorge Luis Bilbao-Ram írez Nuvia Estrada-M éndez Dilia Esther Aparicio Elizabeth F Source Type: research