Sumaiya Shabbir, Nadya Sultan Ali, Ather Akber, Waqas Ahmed Farooqi.
Empathy levels among practicing dental surgeons - a cross sectional study.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(3):437-9.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another with intent to help. The aim of this study was to assess empathy levels among the practicing dental surgeons of DOW University of Health and Sciences. Cross-sectional study design was adopted and conducted between August 2015 and October 2015. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy was used to assess the empathy levels among dental surgeons. A total of 168 dental surgeons took part in the study, 62 were male and 106 female dental surgeons. The score was measured with the help of Likert Scale. The score ranged from a low of 49 to high of 131. Overall male surgeons (98.53 ± 15.38) were more empathetic than females (94.50 ± 13.44). Consultants (107.63 ± 12.40) were more empathetic than others. Empathy score was higher among consultants showing experience and importance of good relationship with patients, learned with experience.

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