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The effect of nurse’s empathy on the elderly patients.

The effect of nurse’s empathy on perceived empathy and anxiety among the elderly patients.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20131117015426N6
Enrollment
124
Registered
2018-01-01
Start date
2017-05-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: anxiety. Condition 2: empathy perception. Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition

Interventions

Intervention group:.
Behavior

Sponsors

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The person's willingness to participate in the study. Physical ability to interview and answer the questions of the questionaires.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: known case of cognitive disorders ( Alzheimer and dementia). use of sedative medications or other methods of such as relaxation and meditation during the study. Use of sedative medications or other methods of reducing anxiety such as relaxation and meditation during the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Empathy perception score with Jefferson questionaire. Timepoint: patient's admission and discharge times. Method of measurement: Jefferson patient's empathy perception questionaire(JSPPE).;Anxiety score with spilberger questionaire. Timepoint: patient's admission and discharge times. Method of measurement: anxiety spilberger questionaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMaryam Hazrati

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

hazratim@sums.ac.ir+98 71 3647 4254

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026