Table 4

Pearson correlations between empathy measurements: self-assessments versus patients’ assessments

Physicians’ perceptions (n=86)		Patients’ perceptions (n=566)
Physicians’ perceptions (n=86)		JSPPPE	CARE
JSE	Perspective taking	0.011	0.168
	Compassionate care	0.241*	0.207
	Standing in the patient’s shoes	0.109	0.033
	Jefferson total	0.149	0.196
IRI	Fantasy scale	−0.013	0.172
	Perspective taking	0.066	−0.067
	Empathic concern	0.083	0.044
	Personal distress	0.011	0.047
	IRI total	0.046	0.089

*p<0.05
CARE, Consultation and Relational Empathy Scale; IRI, Interpersonal Reactivity Index; JSE, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy; JSPPPE, Jefferson Scale of Patient’s Perceptions of Physician Empathy.