Batiridou Agapi L, Dragioti Elena, Mantzoukas Stefanos, Gouva Mary
Research Laboratory of Psychology of Patients, Families and Health Professionals, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Research Laboratory of Integrated Health, Care and Well-Being, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2025 Sep;39(3):e70059. doi: 10.1111/scs.70059.
The current paper intends to focus on healthcare professional values, specifically on a scarcely referred to or mentioned value in the nursing literature of love, which is often crucial when it comes to genuine and humane interactions. Our aim was to investigate the role of humanitarian love and its psychosocial impact on health professionals, aiming to establish it as a core value in values-based practice.
We conducted a database search in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, PubMed Central, and Elsevier/Scopus, specifically targeting studies published in English up to 8 September 2024. Two independent reviewers conducted screening, data extraction, and bias assessment.
Sixteen articles met the inclusion criteria, comprising 2045 participants. We found that the literature on humanitarian love lacks a clear and consistent definition, often conflating it with concepts such as compassion, emotional support, and empathy. Humanitarian love involves helping others, alleviating suffering, and promoting growth. When healthcare professional's direct humanitarian love towards themselves, it fosters positive emotions, enhancing their ability to provide high-quality care and effectively support patient's needs. Additionally, humanitarian love towards patients helps reduce feelings of burnout, emotional exhaustion, and compassion fatigue among healthcare professionals.
The number of qualifying studies was limited due to the scarcity of publications, and no randomised controlled trials were identified, which affects the assessment of efficacy. The inclusion of only 16 studies may restrict the review's conclusiveness. Additionally, the sample size and mean age of health professionals do not adequately represent all sectors, and some studies were of moderate quality. Heterogeneity among the studies and the absence of a meta-analysis further complicate the findings.
Humanitarian love has the potential to enhance healthcare professionals' psychosocial well-being, emphasising its role as a core value in values-based practice.
本文旨在聚焦医疗保健专业人员的价值观，特别是护理文献中很少被提及的爱这一价值观，而在真正的人性化互动中，爱往往至关重要。我们的目的是研究人道主义之爱的作用及其对健康专业人员的心理社会影响，旨在将其确立为基于价值观实践中的核心价值观。
我们在护理及相关健康文献累积索引、PubMed Central和爱思唯尔/Scopus数据库中进行了检索，特别针对截至2024年9月8日发表的英文研究。两名独立评审员进行筛选、数据提取和偏倚评估。
16篇文章符合纳入标准，共2045名参与者。我们发现，关于人道主义之爱的文献缺乏清晰一致的定义，常常将其与同情、情感支持和同理心等概念混为一谈。人道主义之爱包括帮助他人、减轻痛苦和促进成长。当医疗保健专业人员对自己怀有直接的人道主义之爱时，它会激发积极情绪，增强他们提供高质量护理并有效满足患者需求的能力。此外，对患者的人道主义之爱有助于减少医疗保健专业人员的倦怠感、情感耗竭和同情疲劳。
由于出版物稀缺，符合条件的研究数量有限，且未识别出随机对照试验，这影响了疗效评估。仅纳入16项研究可能会限制综述的结论性。此外，医疗保健专业人员的样本量和平均年龄不能充分代表所有部门，一些研究质量中等。研究之间的异质性以及缺乏荟萃分析使研究结果进一步复杂化。
人道主义之爱有潜力增强医疗保健专业人员的心理社会幸福感，强调其作为基于价值观实践中的核心价值观的作用。
