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Table 1 Empathy Measures used in the Study

From: Empathy among undergraduate medical students: A multi-centre cross-sectional comparison of students beginning and approaching the end of their course

Instrument

Subscales

No of items

Scored

Basis of scoring

Jefferson Scale of Empathy

JSE-S (Student version)

20

1-7 (max score 140)

Agreement with statements

Interpersonal Reactivity index

IRI-EC Empathetic Concern (Affective)

7

0-4 (max score 28)

How well each statement describes self

IRI-PT Perspective Taking (Cognitive)

7

0-4 (max score 28)

How well each statement describes self