The impact of theory of mind, stress and professional experience on empathy in Romanian community nurses-a cross-sectional study.
Community nurses
Empathy
Stress
Theory of mind
Journal
BMC nursing
ISSN: 1472-6955
Titre abrégé: BMC Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088683
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Oct 2023
25 Oct 2023
Historique:
received:
04
03
2023
accepted:
19
10
2023
medline:
25
10
2023
pubmed:
25
10
2023
entrez:
24
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
High empathy levels in health professionals represent an important factor in patient satisfaction and compliance, reducing patient anxiety and pain, enhancing diagnostic and clinical results and strengthening patient empowerment. Our purpose was to determine empathy level and to identify which of the socioeconomic status (SES) and psychological factors were able to predict highest empathy levels in a Romanian sample of community nurses. Community nurses were invited in January-February 2023 to provide an answer to an online survey, using an advertisement in a professional network. 1580 participants voluntarily agreed to take part in this study, with a response rate of 85.8%. The survey included the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test and socio-economic status items. A multivariate model for the prediction of belonging to the highest quartile of empathy as opposed to lowest quartile was constructed using SES and psychological variables as factors. The mean (SD) empathy level was 49.1 (6.7), with 74.7% of participants over the threshold of high empathy level. In the multivariate analysis, predictors of belonging to the highest quartile of TEQ, as opposed to the lowest quartile were: low self-perceived stress level (OR = 2.098, 95%CI 1.362-3.231), higher experience as a community nurse (OR = 1.561, 95%CI 1.120-2.175) and higher levels of the theory of mind (OR = 1.158, 95%CI 1.118-1.199), when controlling for gender, age, relationship status, presence of children in families, education, and income. Training programs targeting to increase emotional competences, reduce levels of stress and encourage personnel retention have the potential to increase the quality of community nursing in Romania.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
High empathy levels in health professionals represent an important factor in patient satisfaction and compliance, reducing patient anxiety and pain, enhancing diagnostic and clinical results and strengthening patient empowerment. Our purpose was to determine empathy level and to identify which of the socioeconomic status (SES) and psychological factors were able to predict highest empathy levels in a Romanian sample of community nurses.
METHODS
METHODS
Community nurses were invited in January-February 2023 to provide an answer to an online survey, using an advertisement in a professional network. 1580 participants voluntarily agreed to take part in this study, with a response rate of 85.8%. The survey included the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test and socio-economic status items. A multivariate model for the prediction of belonging to the highest quartile of empathy as opposed to lowest quartile was constructed using SES and psychological variables as factors.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The mean (SD) empathy level was 49.1 (6.7), with 74.7% of participants over the threshold of high empathy level. In the multivariate analysis, predictors of belonging to the highest quartile of TEQ, as opposed to the lowest quartile were: low self-perceived stress level (OR = 2.098, 95%CI 1.362-3.231), higher experience as a community nurse (OR = 1.561, 95%CI 1.120-2.175) and higher levels of the theory of mind (OR = 1.158, 95%CI 1.118-1.199), when controlling for gender, age, relationship status, presence of children in families, education, and income.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Training programs targeting to increase emotional competences, reduce levels of stress and encourage personnel retention have the potential to increase the quality of community nursing in Romania.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37875900
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01569-2
pii: 10.1186/s12912-023-01569-2
pmc: PMC10598942
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
400Informations de copyright
© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
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