title: [Empathy-related factors in Nursing students of the Cartagena University].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine empathy levels and its relationship with sociodemographic, academic and family factors in nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study, 196 nursing students were randomly selected at the University of Cartagena, Colombia. A questionnaire that asked about sociodemographic, family and academic factors and the Scale of Physician Empathy Jefferson-version S were applied. Shapiro-Wilk test was used to assess the normality assumption. t Student, ANOVA, Pearson test and simple linear regression were used to establish the relationship (p<0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The global empathy score was 108.6±14.6; statistically significant associations between global empathy with the training year (p=0.004) and grade point average (R(2)=0.058; p=0.001; r=0.240) were found. Moreover, the "perspective taking" dimension with provenance (rural/urban) (p=0.010) and family functioning (p=0.003); the "compassionate care" dimension with the training year (p=0.002) and the "putting themselves in the place of the patient" dimension with academic performance (p=0.034).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The empathy levels in nursing students may vary depending on various personal and academic factors,these characteristics should be taken into account for implementing teaching strategies to promote higher empathy levels since the early training years.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Excelencia CIGES, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Grupo de Salud Pública (GISPOUC), Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia. Electronic address: meissermadera@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Meisser
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madera-Anaya
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Salud Pública (GISPOUC), Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
authors.forename: Lesbia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tirado-Amador
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Salud Pública (GISPOUC), Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
authors.forename: Farith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Martínez
mesh_terms: D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities
keywords: Actitudes y práctica en salud; Attitudes and practices in health; Conocimientos; Empathy; Empatía; Estudiantes de Enfermería; Knowledge; Nurse-patient relations; Nursing Students; Relaciones enfermera-paciente