Measuring Empathy in Iranian Pharmacy Students Using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student Version.

To assess validity of the Farsi-translated version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Health Profession Student version (JSE-HPS) and measure empathy scores of Iranian pharmacy students. The JSE-HPS questionnaire was administered to 504 Iranian pharmacy students in 2019. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were used to explore the underlying components and construct validity.

Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Plus Intraoperative Corticosteroid Injection versus Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery Alone: A Double Blinded Clinical Trial.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a prevalent disease with significant morbidity. The current treatments range from oral medication and local corticosteroid injection to surgical carpal tunnel release (CTR). In this study, we tried to assess the results of Carpal Tunnel Release surgery in combination with the anti-inflammatory effect of local corticosteroid injection.