Universidad del Azuay, Facultad de Medicina, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Universidad Andres Bello, Facultad de Odontología, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2023 Aug 4;31:e3968. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.6591.3968. eCollection 2023.
to determine the levels of empathy in professional nurses of a high-complexity hospital, to relate age to empathy (and each one of its dimensions), and to establish if there are differences between these levels according to the type of working schedules.
comparative, correlational and cross-sectional design. The sample used (n=271) constituted 40.9% of the total number of nursing professionals. Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy for Health Professionals were studied. Descriptive statistics were calculated: mean and standard deviation. The association between empathy and age was estimated using regression equations and statistical significance of the regression coefficients, after evaluating the type of curve using variance analysis.
the underlying model of three dimensions of empathy was identified. The values of the descriptive statistics observed were relatively low in empathy and its dimensions. Empathy levels were not associated with the age range. No differences in empathy were found between the types of work schedules. Variability was found in the dimensions: "compassionate care" and "Walking on the patient's shoes".
these results show that the levels of empathy observed may imply a deficient performance in empathetic care for patients. (1) The levels of empathy are low in the nursing professionals studied. (2) These levels are not associated with age and type of work performed. (3) Low levels of empathy could imply a negative alteration of humanized attention.
确定高复杂性医院专业护士的同理心水平，将年龄与同理心（及其各个维度）相关联，并确定根据工作时间表的类型，这些水平是否存在差异。
比较、相关和横断面设计。使用的样本（n=271）占护理专业人员总数的 40.9%。研究了《健康专业人员杰斐逊同理心量表》的心理测量学特性。计算了描述性统计数据：平均值和标准差。使用方差分析评估曲线类型后，使用回归方程估计同理心与年龄之间的相关性，并评估回归系数的统计学意义。
确定了同理心三个维度的基础模型。观察到的描述性统计数据值在同理心及其维度方面相对较低。同理心水平与年龄范围无关。在工作时间表类型之间没有发现同理心的差异。在“同情关怀”和“换位思考”这两个维度存在差异。
这些结果表明，观察到的同理心水平可能意味着对患者的同理心关怀表现不足。（1）研究中护理专业人员的同理心水平较低。（2）这些水平与年龄和所从事的工作类型无关。（3）同理心水平较低可能意味着人性化关注的负面变化。
