@ARTICLE{Delirroyfard, author = {Vefagh Nematollahi, A. and Khavanin, A. and Ghanbaran, A. and Razani, F. and Delirroyfard, A. and }, title = {Empathy Level of Medical Interns; Case Study of Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, abstract ={Aims: Empathy plays an influential and essential role in the relationship between patient and physician. One of the well-known instruments for measuring empathy is the Jefferson 20-item questionnaire. This study aimed to determine empathy levels in medical interns of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences. Instrument & Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 126 medical interns of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences in 2020. Empathy was measured using the Jefferson Scale of Patient's Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE). The questionnaire is self-report with a five-point Likert scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25 software through the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Findings: The average age of the subjects was 25.7±2.2 in the age range of 22-32. 85 (67.5%) subjects were female, and 93 (73.8%) were single. The mean empathy score of medical interns was 71.88±12.19 in the 40-96 range. Empathy score in females was significantly higher than males (p<0.0001), and it was higher in the subjects with the hospitalization history than the subjects without hospitalization history (p=0.037). There was not a significant difference between the age of the interns with their empathy score (r=0.08; p=0.375). Conclusion: The empathy level of medical students during the internship is in a relatively favorable situation and is related to gender and hospitalization history. }, URL = {http://sjiums.irshums.ac.ir/article-1-11-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjiums.irshums.ac.ir/article-1-11-en.pdf}, journal = {Scientific Journal of Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2022} }