Trial no.:
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PACTR202112564898934 |
Date of Approval:
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01/12/2021 |
Trial Status:
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Registered in accordance with WHO and ICMJE standards |
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TRIAL DESCRIPTION |
Public title
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Effects of Empathy Training on the Level of Clinicians’ Empathy |
Official scientific title |
Effects of Empathy Training on the Level of Clinicians’ Empathy in Fistula Treatment Centers of Addis-Ababa and Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
Brief summary describing the background
and objectives of the trial
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Empathy is described as one of the most frequently mentioned humanistic components of patient care. It is a royal road to treatment, a symbol of healthcare at its best and an important component of professionalism in patient care (3). Systematic review and other researches conducted on the effectiveness of physician empathy in general practice have indicated that empathetic cares are ways of improving patient-reported outcomes and patient satisfaction. It generates a dynamic feedback loop between health care providers and the client, which is helpful not only in strengthening empathic engagement/relationship but also in making a more accurate diagnosis. It has a beneficial effect on clients’ clinical outcomes such as greater satisfaction with the health care provider, to better compliance with treatment, or to such psychological factors as reduced anxiety, enhanced optimism, and perceptions of social support (4, 5). However, evidences suggest that empathy is often lacking and eroding in modern medical practices including in primary care. There are evidences suggesting that the skills required for emphatic patient care or empathy as a learned behavior can be taught and maintained with training programmes lasting as short as one hour (6, 7). An integrated approach to empathy-toolkit involving story-telling through self-reflection, empathy matching card game, empathy virtual patient and toy video, role-play and simulation is rarely utilized in health professions training interventions, despite evidence recommendations to implement them (8). There is a dearth of rigorous research on it. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of empathy-focused training intervention on level of empathy of health care providers among those providing care for obstetric fistula cases. |
Type of trial |
RCT |
Acronym (If the trial has an acronym then please provide) |
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Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
Mental and Behavioural Disorders |
Sub-Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied |
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Purpose of the trial |
Education /Training |
Anticipated trial start date |
20/12/2021 |
Actual trial start date |
27/12/2021 |
Anticipated date of last follow up |
28/03/2022 |
Actual Last follow-up date |
28/03/2022 |
Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) |
62 |
Actual target sample size (number of participants) |
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Recruitment status |
Active, not recruiting |
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