Exploration of empathy in Cyprus nursing and health care students: A mixed method study.
Correlation
Empathy
Health care students
Mixed methods
Students
Journal
Nurse education in practice
ISSN: 1873-5223
Titre abrégé: Nurse Educ Pract
Pays: Scotland
ID NLM: 101090848
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
Historique:
received:
12
09
2018
revised:
20
10
2019
accepted:
05
12
2019
pubmed:
7
1
2020
medline:
24
10
2020
entrez:
6
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Developing professionals who are perceptive to the needs of patients and can respond by expressing empathetic behavior is one of the aims of health care education. The aim of this study was to explore the level of empathy in health care students through a mixed method. The quantitative approach included the use of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy and the qualitative a focus group approach to further deepen into the descriptive results. 869 health care students (RR=81%) participated in the study and the level of empathy ranged from 42 to 139 with a mean score of 100.6 (20-140 scale). Significant statistical differences were found between the disciplines (F=8.6, p-value<0.001) and gender (p-value<0.001) with nursing students and women scoring the higher levels. Two focus groups of ten participants each were conducted with 3
Identifiants
pubmed: 31901489
pii: S1471-5953(18)30708-X
doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102686
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102686Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest All authors declare that they do not have any conflict of interest.