Empathy Gender in Dental Students in Latin America: An Exploratory and Cross-Sectional Study  

作　　者：Víctor Patricio Díaz-Narváez Ana María Erazo Coronado Jorge Luis Bilbao Farith González Mariela Padilla Madeline Howard María Guadalupe Silva Mirian Bullen Fredy Gutierrez Teresa Varela de Villalba Mercedes Salcedo Rioja Joyce Huberman Doris Carrasco Robert Utsman 

机构地区：[1]School of Dentistry, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile [2]Associate Investigator, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile [3]Universidad Metropolitana, Barranquilla, Colombia [4]School of Medicine, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla y Fundación Universitaria San Martín Sede Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia [5]School of Dentistry, Universidad de Cartagena, Campus de la Salud Barrio Zaragocilla, Cartagena, Colombia [6]School of Health Sciences, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, San José, Costa Rica [7]School of Dentistry, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica [8]Institute for Scientific Research, Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic [9]School of Dentistry, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Panama [10]Facultad de Estomatología Roberto Beltrán, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru [11]School of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina [12]Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru [13]School of Dentistry, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile [14]School of Dentistry, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile [15]Investigation of the School of Health Sciences, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, San José, Costa Rica

出　　处：《Health》2015年第11期1527-1535,共9页健康（英文）

摘　　要：Background: It is well-founded that empathy is an attribute that increases the likelihood of good communication between health professionals and patients, and it is usual that there is the conviction that empathy levels are higher in women than in men. Aims: A study comparing levels of empathy gender of students in 18 schools of dentistry from six Latin American countries was conducted. Method: An exploratory cross-sectional study of which empathy levels were measured by the Jefferson Scale of Empathy for dental students (S version) and these levels were compared between genders by t-student test, after verification of normal distribution and homoscedasticity. Results: Variability was found in the results of the comparisons. In some cases, empathy levels were higher in women, others in men and in most of them there were no differences between genders. Conclusions: The observed results do not support the belief that women are more empathetic than men. However, more studies must be performed in more powers and countries to verify that the results described constitute a scientific fact and not just a feature of dental students specifically in the countries studied.Background: It is well-founded that empathy is an attribute that increases the likelihood of good communication between health professionals and patients, and it is usual that there is the conviction that empathy levels are higher in women than in men. Aims: A study comparing levels of empathy gender of students in 18 schools of dentistry from six Latin American countries was conducted. Method: An exploratory cross-sectional study of which empathy levels were measured by the Jefferson Scale of Empathy for dental students (S version) and these levels were compared between genders by t-student test, after verification of normal distribution and homoscedasticity. Results: Variability was found in the results of the comparisons. In some cases, empathy levels were higher in women, others in men and in most of them there were no differences between genders. Conclusions: The observed results do not support the belief that women are more empathetic than men. However, more studies must be performed in more powers and countries to verify that the results described constitute a scientific fact and not just a feature of dental students specifically in the countries studied.

关 键 词：EMPATHY GENDER DENTAL STUDENTS 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]