Clinical trials: Empathy
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism, Emotional Processing, and the Amygdala
Empathy imbalance hypothesis suggests that individuals with autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) should have a deficit of cognitive empathy and a surfeit of emotional empathy.
- Trial name
- NCT04549506
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yawei Cheng
Conduct Disorder, Depression
Randomized Control Trial of an Animal-Assisted Intervention With Adjudicated Youth
The project involves testing the efficacy of an animal-assisted intervention (AAI). The AAI consists of a 10-week program in which adjudicated adolescents train shelter dogs and will be compared to a dog walking control group…
- Conditions
- Conduct Disorder, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT01594606
- Testing
- Animal-assisted intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Empathy, Attitude
The Study on the Attitude and Empathy of Nursing Students Towards the Elderly
The effect of situational simulation teaching intervention on the attitude and empathy of nursing students towards the elderly can be divided into two stages.
- Trial name
- NCT04921423
- Testing
- Situational simulation teaching
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Peer Group, Mentoring
The Effect of a Peer Mentoring Program on Nursing Students
This project is designed as a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effect of the Peer Leadership Program, established in the Nursing Department, on nursing peer mentor students' empathic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy…
- Conditions
- Peer Group, Mentoring, Program Evaluation, Nurse
- Trial name
- NCT06657443
- Testing
- First Session, Second Session, Third session
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suleyman Demirel University
Parkinson Disease (PD)
Enhancing Nursing Students' Empathy and Learning in Parkinson's Disease Through High-Fidelity Simulation and Blended Learning
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal Parkinson's disease-focused intervention on empathy levels and perceived theoretical-practical learning in third-year undergraduate…
- Trial name
- NCT07503418
- Testing
- Blended-learning capsules, High-Fidelity Physical Simulation, Simulated Home Environment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cadiz
Low Back Pain
Effectiveness of Therapeutic Alliance and Minimal Intervention for Chronic Low Back Pain
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of minimal intervention and therapeutic alliance in pain, specific and general disability, global perceived effect, empathy, credibility and expectation of improvement in patients…
- Trial name
- TalkBack (NCT02497625)
- Testing
- Positive Therapeutic Alliance, Usual care, Control group
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
Healthy
An Evaluation of a Mind-Body Medicine Training Program for Parole Services Division Staff
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a mind-body medicine training program on parole services staff. The main questions it aims to answer are: Will participation in the training increase resilience; empathy…
- Trial name
- NCT06782503
- Testing
- Mind-Body Medicine Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Empathy
Online Training of Empathic Attunement to Affect
TThis research wants to observe the effectiveness of an Empathic attunement online training program for psychologists. This training is based on emotion-focused therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT04854161
- Testing
- Empathic Attunement to Affect Training, Compassion Training, Focusing Oriented Therapy Training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Psychotherapeutic Processes, Transference (Psychology)
The Measurement of Empathy and Its Efficacy in Psychotherapy
The purpose of the research is to: 1) to test whether psychotherapy including immediate feedback of empathy data is more efficacious than therapy without such an exchange of data, 2) to measure the degree of accuracy of…
- Trial name
- EMPATHY (NCT00620009)
- Testing
- Empathy Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Burnout, Healthcare Workers, Burnout
Virtual Reality for Enhancing Self Compassion and Reducing Burnout Among Healthcare Providers
Healthcare providers in high-demand clinical settings are at high risk for burnout and secondary traumatic stress due to repeated exposure to patient trauma, which can compromise well-being and quality of care.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Healthcare Workers, Burnout, Burnout, Psychological, Self Compassion
- Trial name
- VR-CF-CBT (NCT07666867)
- Testing
- Compassion focused cognitive behavioral therapy sessions delivered via virtual reality headsets, Compassion focused cognitive behavioral therapy app based booklet
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Mental Health, Empathy
Strengthening Relationships and Mental Health Through a Couples-Based Economic Empowerment Intervention
This psychosocial sub-study is embedded within a larger cluster-randomised controlled trial titled Disentangling and Preventing Economic Violence against Women (ECOVI), conducted in rural and urban communities across Maharashtra…
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Empathy, Relation, Interpersonal
- Trial name
- NCT07108049
- Testing
- Let us Grow Together: Economic Wellbeing for Families
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 4,552 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Bullying, Victimisation
Renkli Adımlar Game- and Drama-Based Program for Preventing Peer Bullying in Primary School Children
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of the Renkli Adımlar (Colorful Steps) game- and drama-based school intervention in promoting empathy and reducing bullying perpetration and victimization among primary…
- Trial name
- RENKLIADIM (NCT07696455)
- Testing
- Renkli Adımlar Game- and Drama-Based Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Nonsuicidal Self Injury, Pain Empathy
Altered Neural Pain Empathic Reactivity in NSSI Adolescents
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as direct, deliberate bodily harm without suicidal intention. In recent years, growing evidence suggests that NSSI has become a worldwide public health issue.
- Trial name
- NCT05968313
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Intermediate
Intervention to Change Affect Recognition and Empathy
Determine the feasibility, practicality, and early efficacy of a TeleRehab program (ICARE) to improve outcomes for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in recognizing and responding to others' emotions alongside their care…
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Intermediate, Concussion, Severe, Concussion With LOC 31 to 59 Minutes
- Trial name
- ICARE (NCT05636020)
- Testing
- ICARE Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Healthy Volunteers
Impact of Simulation-Based Intervention on Empathy, Communication, and Self-Efficacy Among Mental Health Nursing Students
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized patient simulation-based educational intervention among undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Mental Health Nursing course at the…
- Trial name
- NCT07760389
- Testing
- Experimental Group and Control Group
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Near East University, Turkey
Substance Abuse, HIV Risk
Jail-Based Impact of Crime Intervention
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention with jail inmates reduces post-release recidivism, substance abuse, and HIV risk behavior.
- Conditions
- Substance Abuse, HIV Risk, Criminogenic Thinking, Shame
- Trial name
- IOC (NCT01378936)
- Testing
- MI plus IOC group intervention, Motivational Interview only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Mason University
Decision Making, Neonatal Critical Illness
Building Relationship, Improving Dialogue, and Growing Empathy (BRIDGE): An Intervention to Support Decision Making for Critically Ill Children
Parents of young children in the intensive care unit may be faced with decisions about their child's care. The Building Relationship, Improving Dialogue, and Growing Empathy (BRIDGE) intervention was designed to help support…
- Conditions
- Decision Making, Neonatal Critical Illness, Pediatric Critical Illness
- Trial name
- BRIDGE (NCT07390773)
- Testing
- BRIDGE intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 495 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Competence
Effects of Video-recorded Role-play and Guided Reflection on Nursing Student Empathy, Caring Behavior, and Competence
Objectives: To examine the differences in nursing student empathy, caring behaviour, and competence between the experimental and control groups before and after educational intervention, and to predict the factors affecting their…
- Trial name
- NCT05482984
- Testing
- video-recorded role-play and guided reflection
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mackay Medical College
Therapeutic Alliance, Empathy
AI Ambient Scribe in Psychiatry
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that listens to appointments and drafts clinical notes can help clinicians in psychiatric care.
- Conditions
- Therapeutic Alliance, Empathy, Documentation, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Trial name
- AASP (NCT07777224)
- Testing
- Artificial Intelligence Ambient Scribe
- Where
- 8 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psychiatrie St. Gallen
Empathy, Discomfort
Effect of 'Empathy Dress' and Exercise on Midwifery Students' Discomfort, Empathy and Compassionate Love Levels
To investigate the effect of the exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress' applied to midwifery students on the Levels of physical discomfort, empathy and compassionate love in the midwifery department of Amasya University.
- Conditions
- Empathy, Discomfort, Love
- Trial name
- NCT05731921
- Testing
- The exercise program with the 'Empathy Dress'
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amasya University