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

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Collegium Antropologicum Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.5671/ca.46.1.5

D. Holik, Ljiljana Majnarić-Trtica, Helena Javorček, Antun Bajun, Stjepan Rudan, Bruno Popić, Andrea Milostić-Srb

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Abstract

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<0.001, r = 0.355). People with a higher degree of distress also had more negative emotions that tended to increase with increasing distress (p <0.001, r = 0.426). Healthcare workers are mostly empathic and in a great deal exhibit psychological distress. It is necessary to carry out systematic surveys among health personnel to determine the empathy and distress levels to detect the risk groups who need help with stress prevention.

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护士和卫生技术人员共情水平与心理困扰

本研究旨在考察奥西耶克临床医院中心护士和卫生技术人员共情、情感和认知方面的总体水平、心理压力水平，并确定共情、情绪和心理压力之间的关系。本研究于2019年3月至6月对152名护士和卫生技术人员进行了横断面研究，采用作者亲自编制的问卷，以及BES、PANAS和K10标准问卷，对受访者的共情、积极情绪和消极情绪以及心理困扰进行了评估。被调查者表现出中等至较高程度的共情(中位数50，四分位数范围为43-56)，情感成分比认知成分更强调。65%的受访者确认存在心理困扰。情感共情与认知共情存在相关性(p<0.001, r = 0.355)。痛苦程度越高的人也有更多的负面情绪，并且随着痛苦程度的增加而增加(p <0.001, r = 0.426)。医疗工作者大多有同理心，在很大程度上表现出心理困扰。有必要对卫生人员进行系统调查，确定其共情和痛苦程度，以发现需要帮助预防压力的风险群体。

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Collegium Antropologicum Social Sciences-Anthropology

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期刊介绍： International journal Collegium Antropologicum is the official journal of the Croatian Antropological Society and is jointly published by: Croatian Anthropological Society Croatian Association of Medical Anthropology - Croatian Medical Association Department of Natural Sciences, Anthropological Centre and the Scientific Council for Anthropological Research of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. With the numerous international recognition of co-operative experts, the Journal represents a relevant reference source in the fields of cultural and biological anthropology, sociology, ethnology, psychology, demography, history, archaeology, genetics, biomedicine, human ecology, nutrition and other fields related to multidisciplinary character of anthropology.