Correction to “Medical Narrative Ability and Humanistic Care Ability of Chinese Clinical Nurses: The Mediating Role of Empathy Ability”

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Y. Yu, X. Wan, C. Sun, et al., “Medical Narrative Ability and Humanistic Care Ability of Chinese Clinical Nurses: The Mediating Role of Empathy Ability,” Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 31 (2025): e14046. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.14046.

In paragraph 4 of the ‘Variables and measures’ section, the text ‘The Chinese version of JSE-HP^[40] is to evaluate the empathy ability of medical staff. The Cronbach's α of the scale is 0.750. The split-half coefficient is 0.771, and the test-retest reliability is 0.659. It consists of 20 items and three dimensions: opinion selection (10 items), emotional care (7 items), and perspective-taking (3 items). Likert 7-level scoring method is adopted for all of them, ranging from completely disagree to completely agree with 1–7 points respectively. The reverse scoring scale consists of 10 reverse questions with scores ranging from 20 to 140. The higher the score, the stronger the empathy ability of the nurse. This scale demonstrates good reliability and validity, and has been extensively utilized within medical and nursing communities. In this study, the Cronbach's α of this scale was 0.903.’ was incorrect. This should have read: ‘The Chinese version of JSE-HP^[40] is used to evaluate the empathy ability of medical staff. The Cronbach's α of the scale is 0.750. The split-half coefficient is 0.771, and the test-retest reliability is 0.659. It consists of 20 items and three dimensions: opinion selection (10 items), emotional care (7 items), and perspective-taking (3 items). A 7-point Likert scale is used, ranging from 1 (completely disagree) to 7 (completely agree). The scale includes 10 reverse-scored items, with total scores ranging from 20 to 140, where higher scores indicate stronger empathy ability. This scale demonstrates good reliability and validity and has been widely applied in medical and nursing communities. In this study, the Cronbach's α of this scale was 0.903. The JSE-HP was used in this study with permission from Thomas Jefferson University. To enhance its applicability and accuracy within the Chinese cultural context, slight adjustments were made to the item order during the cross-cultural adaptation process. These modifications were intended to better align with the linguistic and contextual nuances of empathy expression in Chinese medical practice. This adjustment aligns with the principle of “experiential equivalence” ensuring that respondents could better comprehend the questionnaire, thereby improving response accuracy and reliability^[56].’

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[56] F. Guillemin, C. Bombardier, and D. Beaton, “Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Health-Related Quality of Life Measures: Literature Review and Proposed Guidelines,” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 46, no. 12 (1993): 1417–1432.