Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Vocational School of Health Services, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Work. 2024;77(1):253-262. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230035.
A sense of compassion has a core importance in health service delivery. Research on the psychological impact of being compassionate on healthcare workers is limited.
This research aims to examine the effect of compassion levels of healthcare workers on their psychological well-being.
This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The population of the research consists of health personnel working throughout Ankara, the capital. The study was carried out with 414 healthcare workers. A personal information form, compassion scale and psychological well-being scale were used in the research questionnaire.
A positive and significant relationship was found between compassion and psychological well-being scores. It was determined that compassion positively affected psychological well-being levels. The level of compassion showed that there was a significant difference between the groups according to the variables of gender, family structure, job satisfaction and whether they would choose the same profession again. The level of psychological well-being was found to be significantly different between the groups in education, job satisfaction and making the same profession choice again.
It is a professional requirement that health professionals in patient care have a sense of compassion and reflect this feeling in their conduct. Research shows that the greater the compassion, the higher the psychological well-being. Therefore, undertaking training initiatives to make healthcare workers more compassionate can contribute to patient care and at the same time to the psychological well-being of healthcare workers.
同情心在医疗服务提供中具有核心重要性。关于医护人员同情心对其心理健康影响的研究有限。
本研究旨在探讨医护人员同情心水平对其心理健康的影响。
这是一项横断面和描述性研究。研究的人群由安卡拉（土耳其首都）各地的卫生工作者组成。研究共纳入了 414 名医护工作者。研究问卷使用了个人信息表、同情心量表和心理健康量表。
发现同情心和心理健康评分之间存在正相关关系。表明同情心对心理健康水平有积极影响。同情心水平显示，根据性别、家庭结构、工作满意度以及是否会再次选择同一职业等变量，各分组之间存在显著差异。心理健康水平在教育程度、工作满意度和再次选择同一职业方面，各分组之间也存在显著差异。
在患者护理中，卫生专业人员具有同情心并将这种感觉反映在他们的行为中是一种专业要求。研究表明，同情心越强，心理健康水平越高。因此，开展培训计划使医护人员更有同情心，可以有助于患者护理，同时也有助于医护人员的心理健康。
