The Development and Validation of the Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale (HUMAS) for Nursing

Fuentes, María del Carmen Pérez; Herera-Peco, Iván; Jurado, María del Mar Molero; Ruíz, Nieves Fátima Oropesa; Ayuso-Murillo, Diego; Linares, José Jesús Gázquez

doi:10.3390/ijerph16203999

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“…Cognitive empathy must be understood as the process of putting oneself mentally in the place of the other, thereby adopting their perspective. The cognitive component of empathy facilitates the recognition and regulation of emotions (Pérez-Fuentes et al, 2019a). Our data in this respect showed that high scores in cognitive empathy were associated with high scores in humanization, while affective empathy was not significantly correlated with it.…”

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“…From a psychological perspective, humanization refers to a style of interpersonal relations in which several psychological processes intervene, materialized in the acquisition of personal competencies (Pérez-Fuentes et al, 2019b). In the HUMAS model, the five essential personal competencies which define humanization in healthcare are (Pérez-Fuentes et al, 2019a): Dispositional optimism, which refers to positive expectations for the future; sociability, which is the ability to relate to others with assertiveness and empathy; emotional understanding, which involves understanding and interpreting properly the feelings of other persons; self-efficacy, which means confidence in acting appropriately to attain the expected results in potentially stressful situations; and affection, which consists of emotionally empathizing with the affective state of the other person without fusion with their feelings. From this perspective, humanization contributes to the integral development of the human being through a global approach to healthcare, where the patients become the center of the system and take on an active role along with the healthcare professional in caring for their own health.…”

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“…Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale (HUMAS; Pérez-Fuentes et al, 2019a) This scale analyzes the professional's humanization competencies focused on improving care. It consists of 19 items which measure professional competencies or attitudes: Dispositional optimism, Sociability, Emotional understanding, Self-efficacy, and Affection.…”

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Introduction: At the present time, technological advances have increased the technification of healthcare services, in which high priority is given to efficiency and results achieved, leading healthcare personnel to prioritize administrative and procedural aspects to the detriment of humanization of care and the work environment. Objective: This study was intended to continue progress in research on the work environment based on the humanization construct by analyzing the explanatory value of emotional intelligence and empathy in nursing personnel. Materials and Methods: The study was quantitative, observational, and crosssectional. The sample was made up of 338 Spanish nurses with a mean age of 32.20 (SD = 7.54; range 22-56). The instruments employed for analysis were the Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale (HUMAS), Brief Emotional Intelligence Inventory for Adults, and Basic Empathy Scale (BES). Results: Mood and stress management-both emotional intelligence componentsand cognitive empathy explained over half (51%) of the variability found in humanization of care in a sample of nurses. Furthermore, the mediation models proposed emphasized the mediating role of cognitive empathy in stress management and improvement in mood and its relationship to humanization. Conclusion: It is recommended that healthcare professionals reinforce their personal competencies in order to tend to the needs of their patients empathetically and improve emotional competencies for coping successfully with potentially stressful situations.

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“…Data analyses were performed in two stages following the validation steps by Pérez-Fuentes et al [31]. In the first stage, the BIP-Q5 structure was studied.…”

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Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID-19

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The ravages caused by the disease known as COVID-19 has led to a worldwide healthcare and social emergency requiring an effective combined effort from everyone to reduce contagion. Under these circumstances, the perception of the disease is going to have a relevant role in the individual's psychological adjustment. However, at the present time there is no validated instrument for evaluating adult perception of threat from COVID-19. Considering the importance of perception or representation of the disease in a state of social alert, our study intended to validate an instrument measuring the psychological process of the disease caused by the coronavirus . In view of the above, this study evaluated the factor structure and reliability of the version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ) for COVID-19 in a sample of adults. The sample consisted of 1014 Spanish adults (67.2% women and 32.8% men). The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a unidimensional model of the scale, which was the one that showed the best fit and explained 43.87% of the variance. This brief version has adequate psychometric properties and may be used to evaluate the perception of threat from COVID-19 in an adult Spanish population. The validation of this instrument contributes to progress in representation of COVID-19 in our culture.

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“…The concept of "humanization of care" (HOC) in medicine is still not clearly defined; it is a multidimensional construct made up of several interactive factors within a process that is constantly evolving in relation to the changing needs of the patient and context of care [1,2]. In general, HOC identifies the patient as a person in his/ her wholeness as the focal point of the medical team.…”

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Humanization of care in pediatric wards: differences between perceptions of users and staff according to department type

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Siano

Anseris

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Background: As the quality and quantity of patient-centered care may be perceived differently by recipients and independent observers, assessment of humanization of pediatric care remains an elusive issue. Herein we aim to analyze differences between the degrees of verified existing vs. perceived humanization issues of a pediatric ward. Furthermore, we examine whether there is concurrence between the degrees of humanization perceived by users (parents/visitors) vs. staff members. Methods: The study was conducted in the pediatric wards of seven medical centers of the Campania region (Italy) categorized as general (n = 4), children's (n = 1), and university (n = 2) hospitals. The degree of existing humanization was assessed by a multidisciplinary focus group for each hospital through a pediatric care-oriented checklist specifically developed to individuate the most critical areas (i.e., those with scores < 2.5). The degree of perceived humanization was assessed through four indicators: well-being, social aspects, safety and security, and health promotion. Results: The focus groups showed that critical areas common to all centers were mainly concerned with welfare, mediation, translation, and interpretation services. Specific critical issues were care and organizational processes oriented to the respect and specificity of the person and care of the relationship with the patient. Perceived humanization questionnaires revealed a lack of recreational facilities and mediation and translation services. As for specific features investigated by both tools, it was found that mediation and interpretation services were lacking in all facilities while patient perceptions and observer ratings for space, comfort, and orientation concurred only in the general hospital evaluations. Conclusions: Future humanization interventions to ensure child-and family-friendly hospital care call for careful preliminary assessments, tailored to each pediatric ward category, which should consider possible differences between perceived and verified characteristics.

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The Development and Validation of the Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale (HUMAS) for Nursing

Cited by 25 publications

References 52 publications

A Cross-Sectional Study of Empathy and Emotion Management: Key to a Work Environment for Humanized Care in Nursing

A Cross-Sectional Study of Empathy and Emotion Management: Key to a Work Environment for Humanized Care in Nursing

Questionnaire on Perception of Threat from COVID-19

Humanization of care in pediatric wards: differences between perceptions of users and staff according to department type

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