Table 3.

Items' measures and factor structure of the Spanish JSE-HP version.

Item	Statement	M (SD)	PCAb	CFAc	rd
FACTOR 1: “PERSPECTIVE TAKING”
2	My patients feel better when I understand their feelings	6.4 (1.1)	0.56	0.67	0.55
4	I consider understanding my patients' body language as important as verbal communication in caregiver-patient relationships	6.3 (1.1)	0.34	0.55	0.51
5	I have a good sense of humor that I think contributes to a better clinical outcome	5.4 (1.3)	0.46	0.49	0.34
9	I try to imagine myself in my patients' shoes when providing care to them	5.7 (1.4)	0.58	0.79	0.59
10	My patients value my understanding of their feelings which is therapeutic in its own right	5.7 (1.3)	0.59	0.76	0.51
13	I try to understand what is going on in my patients' minds by paying attention to their non-verbal cues and body language	5.9 (1.3)	0.57	0.83	0.59
15	Empathy is a therapeutic skill without which my success in treatment is limited	6.0 (1.4)	0.55	0.72	0.66
16	An important component of the relationship with my patients is my understanding of their emotional status, as well as that of their families	6.1 (1.2)	0.68	0.86	0.66
17	I try to think like my patients in order to render better care	5.4 (1.4)	0.53	0.57	0.45
20	I believe that empathy is an important therapeutic factor in medical or surgical treatment	6.4 (1.0)	0.61	0.63	0.58
FACTOR 2: “COMPASSIONATE CARE”
1	My understanding of how my patients and their families feel does not influence my medical or surgical treatment a	5.9 (1.9)	0.38	0.66	0.50
7	I try not to pay attention to my patients' emotions in history taking a	5.8 (1.6)	0.34	0.82	0.56
8	Attentiveness to my patients' personal experiences does not influence treatment outcomes a	5.8 (1.7)	0.57	1.16	0.67
11	Patients' illnesses can be cured only by medical or surgical treatment; therefore, emotional ties to my patients do not have a significant influence on medical or surgical outcomesa	6.1 (1.3)	0.66	0.94	0.61
12	Asking patients about what is happening in their personal lives is not helpful in understanding their physical complaintsa	5.8 (1.8)	0.48	0.92	0.58
14	I believe that emotion has no place in the treatment of medical illnessa	6.3 (1.4)	0.75	1.01	0.63
19	I do not enjoy reading non-medical literature or the artsa	6.3 (1.4)	0.45	0.58	0.37
FACTOR 3: “STANDING/WALKING IN THE PATIENT's SHOES”
3	It is difficult for me to view things from my patients' perspectivesa	5.2 (1.6)	0.60	0.81	0.45
6	Because people are different, it is difficult for me to see things from my patients' perspectivesa	5.5 (1.5)	0.72	1.19	0.56
18	I do not allow myself to be influenced by strong personal bonds between my patients and their family membersa	3.7 (1.7)	0.24	0.48	0.31

^aResponses were reverse-scored on these items; otherwise, items were scored directly (strongly disagree = 1, strongly agree = 7).

^bFactor loadings for the principal components analysis.

^cFactor loadings for the confirmatory factor analysis.

^dItem-total correlation Spearman's coefficient.