Validation of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy in Spanish medical students who participated in an Early Clerkship Immersion programme

Table 4 Correlations of JSE-HP scores in its Spanish version with other variables for medical students

Variable	N sample	Women %	Dimension 1	Dimension 2	Dimension 3	JSE-HP Total ^ap < 0.01 ^bp < 0.05
IRI Perspective taking	188	68.1	0.32^a	0.12	0.26^a	0.28^a
IRI Empathic concern	188	68.1	0.39^a	0.38^a	0.22^a	0.44^a
IRI Fantasy	188	68.1	0.22^a	0.22^a	0.14	0.25^a
IRI Total score	188	68.1	0.33^a	0.22^a	0.18	0.32^a
VipScan Empathy	95	71.6	0.19	0.17	0.16	0.22^b
VipScan Responsibility	95	71.6	0.32^a	0.20	0.27^a	0.33^a
VipScan Ability to relate	95	71.6	0.21^b	−0.03	0.30^a	0.15
VipScan Neuroticism	95	71.6	−0.21^b	− 0.12	−0.26^b	− 0.22^b
OSCE Anamnesis	89	73	0.23^b	0.04	−0.10	0.15
OSCE Communication	89	73	0.30^a	−0.09	0.08	0.17
OSCE overall results	89	73	0.23^b	−0.02	− 0.10	0.12
Overall rating of VRCI	171	70.2	0.09	0.16^b	−0.02	0.14
Overall academic mark of the year	191	70.1	0.03	−0.01	− 0.16^b	−0.03

JSE-HP Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy for health professions, IRI Interpersonal Reactivity Index, OSCE Objective Structured Clinical Examination. VRCI video-recorded clinical interview-
^ap < 0.01
^bp < 0.05

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