Clinical trials: Empathy, open to volunteers
Virtual Reality, Fear
Empathy and Virtual Reality (VR)
This study will characterize the subjective and physiological changes associated with empathy following a fear-inducing virtual reality (VR) experience.
- Trial name
- NCT07314788
- Testing
- Fear-inducing Virtual Reality (VR) experience, Neutral Virtual Reality (VR) experience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Empathy
Sensory Restriction Simulation Training for Nursing Student Empathy and Communication
This study evaluates the effect of the Reality-Integrated Quality Education (GENE) approach, an educational intervention using sensory restriction simulations (vision, hearing, speech, and movement restriction), on empathy…
- Trial name
- GENE (NCT07834541)
- Testing
- GENE Sensory Restriction Simulation Training, Standard Theoretical Empathy Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Volkan Gokmen
Pregnancy, Labor Pain
Storytelling for Provider Empathy & Patient Trust in Obstetric Care
Aim 3 is a provider-focused pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating a digital storytelling intervention to increase obstetric care providers' empathy and to examine associations with postpartum patient trust.
- Trial name
- NCT07588308
- Testing
- Digital storytelling video + written reflection, General culturally sensitive care materials
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Contraception, Pain, Acute
Empathy Through Pain Control: Lidocaine Gel vs. Placebo Prior to IUD Placement
The goal of this research study is to learn more about how different uses of a numbing medication might affect pain levels while getting an IUD placed.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Pain, Acute, Anesthesia, Local
- Trial name
- EPIC3 (NCT06974032)
- Testing
- Xylocaine jelly 2%, Surgilube
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Substance Use Disorders, Simulation Training
Interprofessional Simulation Program for Clinical Resilience and Empathy: Project INSPIRE
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and evaluate INSPIRE, an intervention for healthcare teams to improve care for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) during their peri-delivery care.
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders, Simulation Training, Pregnancy Related, Patient-centered Care
- Trial name
- INSPIRE (NCT07707115)
- Testing
- INSPIRE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Empathy
Role of Empathy in Curative Treatment Outcomes of Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
The aim of project EMPACOL will be to investigate, while taking into consideration the clinical factors known and well described in the literature, among the non-clinical factors, in particular, patient-healthcare personnel (HCP)…
- Conditions
- Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Empathy, Morbidity, Morality
- Trial name
- EMPACOL (NCT05447611)
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
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
Contraception, Pain, Acute
Empathy Through Pain Control: Lidocaine Paracervical Block for IUD Placements
The goal of this research study is to learn more about how different uses of a numbing medication might affect pain levels while getting an IUD placed.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Pain, Acute, Anesthesia, Local
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT06960317)
- Testing
- Buffered Lidocaine, Unbuffered lidocaine, Xylocaine jelly 2%
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Behavioral and Emotional Disorder With Onset in Childhood
Emotional Dysregulation and Other Psychopathological Dimensions in Clinical Preschoolers
The purpose of the study is to investigate the emotional-behavioral dysregulation and its possible correlation with the main demographic and psychopathological variables in a sample of preschool children with internalizing and…
- Trial name
- NCT07805668
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Family Witnessed Resuscitation, Empathy Education
VIDEO LEARNING FOR EMPATHY, ETHICS AND FAMILY WITNESSED RESUSCITATION
This clinical trial (randomized controlled experimental study) aims to learn about the effects of presenting the family-witnessed CPR process from a patient's perspective through 360° virtual reality and 2D video within…
- Conditions
- Family Witnessed Resuscitation, Empathy Education, Ethics Nursing, Education Nursing
- Trial name
- NCT07692568
- Testing
- 360 Degree Virtual Reality Video, 2D Standard Video
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli Sağlık ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi
Communication Skills, Patient Satisfaction
Empathy Training and Its Effect on Maternity Nurses' Communication Skills
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of empathy skills training on Maternity Nurses' Communication and Parturient Women's Perception of Empathetic Care.
- Trial name
- NCT07248592
- Testing
- Maternity Nurse Empathy and Communication Skills Training Program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Intervention (Training) Condition, Waitlist Control Group
Online Socio-emotional Dyad Training for School Teachers' Well-being and Social Skills
The Edu:Social School Study 2 is a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of an 8-week socio-emotional, partner-based empathy-compassion Dyad training program (EmCo) compared with a mindfulness-based…
- Trial name
- EduSocSchool2 (NCT07637409)
- Testing
- Empathy- and compassion-based socio-emotional mental training (EmCo), Mindfulness-based Training (MBT), Waitlist Control Group (WCL)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Max Planck Social Neuroscience Lab
Empathy
The Test of Those Managing Pain With Their Own Pain
The study aims primarily to investigate physicians' awareness of their health status, empathy towards patients, and management processes through a questionnaire targeting physicians who diagnose and manage patients' pain.
- Trial name
- NCT06939543
- Testing
- empathy
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haseki Training and Research Hospital
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
Cancer, Psychological
The Effects of Multi-Psycho-Oncology Care Courses
When the patient's mood has not yet reached a moderate to high severity level, psychological support is usually provided by the clinical nurses.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Psychological, Oncology, Empathy
- Trial name
- NCT05776680
- Testing
- Psychological support
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Nurse Training
Integrating AI-Assisted Design Thinking Into Nursing Education
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test whether an AI-assisted design thinking workshop can improve empathetic communication in undergraduate nursing students at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT07767292
- Testing
- AI-assisted design thinking workshop
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Caregivers of People Living With Dementia, Dementia
Effect of Cognitive Empathy Training on Dementia Caregivers
The goal of this project is to investigate the effect of cognitive empathy training on mental health, inflammation, and immune function in caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD), and to examine the underlying…
- Trial name
- NCT06650527
- Testing
- Cognitive Empathy Training, Control Condition, Pre and post intervention blood spot collection
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Empathy
AI-Supported Empathy Mapping to Enhance Communication and Grit in Pediatric Nursing Students
The nurse-patient communication environment in pediatric care is characterized by high uncertainty and complexity. Due to children's limited language development and emotional regulation abilities, coupled with parents' high…
- Conditions
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Empathy, Scaffolding, Pediatric Nursing
- Trial name
- NCT07370285
- Testing
- AI-Supported Empathy-Map Scaffolding Model
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
Psychological Well-Being
Human-Created vs AI-generated Art on Immediate Psychological Responses
This online randomized controlled trial will evaluate the immediate psychological effects of a brief human-created animated art film.
- Trial name
- NCT07740148
- Testing
- Human-created Animated Art Film, AI-generated Comparator Film
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Empathy, Anxiety
Psychosocial Effects of Empathy-Based Midwifery Education on Midwifery Students and Pregnant Women
This two-stage quasi-experimental study will evaluate the effects of empathy-based midwifery education on midwifery students' empathy and anxiety, and on women's satisfaction with childbirth and perceptions of traumatic birth.
- Conditions
- Empathy, Anxiety, Childbirth
- Trial name
- PEEBMEMSPW (NCT07889986)
- Testing
- Empathy-Based Midwifery Education, Empathy-Based Midwifery Support During Labor
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University