Empathy among midwives at a referral hospital in Uganda

Tengera, Olive; Nankumbi, Joyce; Nalwadda, Gorrette; Muwanguzi, Patience A.; Ngabirano, Tom Denis

doi:10.1016/j.ijans.2020.100238

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“…According to studies in the relevant literature, respecting the opinions, feelings, and requests of women who are given care constitutes the essence of the empathic approach [2,6]. In midwifery practices, low levels of empathy may afect the care process and its efectiveness negatively [5,7,19]. To increase the quality of midwifery care, the empathic skills of midwifery students could be increased.…”

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“…Individuals who can empathize can perceive the other person more accurately [6]. Empathic relationships established with patients are known to improve the adjustment of patients to their care and treatment processes [7,8]. Te International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) stated that empathic skills are among the main criteria of the profession of midwifery [2,9].…”

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“…Empathy is one of the factors that shape caring behaviors [15]. It is important to have an empathic perspective, especially for midwives, who accompany women in a special experience such as childbirth, to be able to identify the care needs of these women [7,17,18].…”

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The Effects of the Empathy Levels of Midwifery Students on Their Caring Behaviors

ERDEMOĞLU

Koyuncu

Şahin

2023

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

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Purpose. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of the empathy levels of midwifery students on their caring behaviors. Design and Methods. This descriptive study was carried out with 225 midwifery students. The data were collected via the Participant Information Form, the Midwifery Empathy Scale-Revised, and the Caring Behaviors Inventory-24. Findings. The mean Midwifery Empathy Scale-Revised score was 63.64 ± 7.47, which showed moderate levels of empathy. The mean Caring Behaviors Inventory-24 score was 5.13 ± 0.84, and this showed good levels of caring behaviors. In this study, the empathy was determined to explain 17% of the total variance in the caring behaviors (F = 45.371, R2 = 0.170; p = 0.001 ). Practise Implications. The empathy levels of students affect their caring behaviors positively.

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The Effects of the Empathy Levels of Midwifery Students on Their Caring Behaviors

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Koyuncu

Şahin

2023

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Level of empathy in nursing professionals working in a hospital institution in Callao

Asencios-Trujillo,

La Rosa-Longobardi

et al. 2024

Health Leadership and Quality of Life

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Empathy in nursing professionals is one of the skills to show sensitivity, understanding and support to patients, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine the level of empathy in nursing professionals who work in a hospital institution in Callao. . It is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study, with a population of 105 nurses who completed a sociodemographic data questionnaire and the Jefferson Empathy Scale. In their results, 2.9% (n=3) of the nurses have high empathy, 81% (n=81) medium empathy and 16.2% (n=17) low empathy. In conclusion, empathy is very important for nursing care, since by being so committed to patient care, empathy can be improved according to the needs that the patient presents.

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Empathy among midwives at a referral hospital in Uganda

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The Effects of the Empathy Levels of Midwifery Students on Their Caring Behaviors

The Effects of the Empathy Levels of Midwifery Students on Their Caring Behaviors

Level of empathy in nursing professionals working in a hospital institution in Callao

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