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Valeria Caponnetto1, Elona Gaxhja2, Ilda Taka3
1Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
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Background: Empathy is essential for enhancing care quality, making its understanding and predictors crucial for healthcare education. Objective: To investigate empathy evolution and its predictors among first-year health professional students at a university in Albania. Methods: A longitudinal cohort study was conducted on a total of 206 participants (78.2% female, mean age 18.4 years), with empathy assessed at baseline and program completion using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Professional Students. Results: The findings revealed stable empathy levels overall (p = 0.369), with no significant differences between nursing and other students. Approximately 52.9% experienced empathy gains, while 44.7% experienced losses, yielding an average score change of +0.7 (SD = 14.9). A younger age and lower baseline empathy scores were significant predictors of empathy gains, as shown by regression analyses. Conclusions: The study highlights a dual empathy trajectory among students and emphasizes a person-centered approach to health professional education to foster empathy development.
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