The Level of Empathy and Psychological Distress in Nurses and Health Technicians

Autor:	Holik, Dubravka, Milostić-Srb, Andrea, Popić, Bruno, Rudan, Stjepan, Bajan, Antun, Javorček, Helena, Majnarić-Trtica, Ljiljana
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	psychological distress empathy nurses health technicians psychological distress empathy nurses health technicians Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology General Medicine
Zdroj:	Collegium antropologicum Volume 46 Issue 1
ISSN:	0350-6134 1848-9486
DOI:	10.5671/ca.46.1.5
Popis:	The aim of the study was to examine the overall level of empathy, its affective and cognitive aspects, the level of psychological stress, and to determine the relationship between empathy, emotions and psychological stress in nurses and health technicians employed at the Clinical Hospital Center Osijek. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2019 among 152 nurses and health technicians using the authors personally prepared questionnaire, and standard questionnaires BES, PANAS and K10 to evaluate empathy, positive and negative emotions and psychological distress of respondents. Respondents exhibited a middle – a higher degree of total empathy (median 50 and interquartile range of 43–56), with more emphasized affective than cognitive component. Psychological distress was confirmed in 65% of respondents. There was a correlation between affective and cognitive empathy (p
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