Levels of Empathy in Students and Professors with Patients in a Faculty of Dentistry
Víctor P. Díaz-Narváez,
Joyce Huberman-Casas,
Jorge Andrés Nakouzi-Momares
et al.
Abstract:Background: Empathy is an attribute that plays an essential role in the dentist–patient therapeutic relationship, clinical care, and treatment adherence, along with providing other benefits. The main objective of this research was to establish the validity, reliability, and invariance of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy and then characterize the empathy levels of students and teachers at a dental school. Materials and Methods: An observational and cross-sectional study analyzed a sample of undergraduate students… Show more
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