The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Pain Management Awareness among Nurses

Abstract

Pain management, a crucial part of nursing care, is considered one of the most basic patient rights. To properly treat patients’ pain, nurses need a high degree of pain management awareness (PMA). The researchers hypothesized that nurses’ pain management awareness is affected by their emotional intelligence (EI). Purpose: Because there is a dearth of studies on this topic, the purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between emotional intelligence and pain management awareness in a sample of nurses. Methods: The study employed a descriptive design with a quantitative approach to analyze data from a survey designed with the simple random sample technique. The questionnaires were completed by 330 nurses working at six governmental hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (V23) and Analysis of Moment Structures (V23) were used to determine the reliability and validity of the questionnaires and analyze the causal relationships among the variables. Results: The results revealed a significant positive relationship between nurses’ emotional intelligence and their pain management awareness. Conclusions: These findings suggest that having emotional intelligence is an important nurse characteristic for effective pain management awareness and possibly the provision of pain management care. Clinical Implications: Hospital and nurse managers as well as administration should consider using the emotional intelligence variables utilized in this study to develop ways to improve pain management awareness among nurses. Such efforts may help improve hospital and patient outcomes related to pain management.

Profiling health professionals’ personality traits, behaviour styles and emotional intelligence: a systematic review

“… Motivation [ 238 ] Emotional Intelligence Scale 120 21.28 0.00 Nurses exhibit positive motivation. Optimism/emotion regulation [ 292 , 356 , 361 ] Schuttes Emotional Intelligence Test 50 46.68 6.11 Information not available for interpretation Revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (RSEIS) 218 78.90 12.10 Information not available for interpretation Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) - sum score 156 39.67 5.48 Information not available for interpretation Others emotional appraisal [ 235 , 246 , 247 , 251 , 263 , 266 , 270 , 273 , 286 – 288 , 294 , 297 , 308 ] Self Emotional Intelligence Scale 67 3.43 0.34 Nurses scored 3.43 out of 5, where lower score = more uncertain and lower EI. Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) - 4 point scale 280 3.00 0.50 Nurses scored 3.00 out of 4, where higher scores = higher EI.…”

“… Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test 448 3.70 0.38 Nurse scored 3.7 out of 5, where higher score = higher EI. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) 883 42.00 5.20 Information not available for interpretation Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) - sum score 1566 37.81 0.00 Information not available for interpretation Recognising and expressing emotions [ 229 , 269 ] GENOS Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment 194 3.51 0.75 Information not available for interpretation GENO EI 31 item 248 0.60 0.66 Information not available for interpretation Regulation of emotion [ 213 , 235 , 246 , 247 , 251 , 263 , 266 , 270 , 271 , 273 , 286 – 288 , 294 , 297 , 308 , 314 ] Self Emotional Intelligence Scale 67 2.63 0.25 Nurses scored 2.63 out of 5, where lower score = more uncertain and lower EI. Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) - 4 point scale 280 3.00 0.60 Nurses scored 3.00 out of 4, where higher scores = higher EI.…”

“… Regulation of others emotions [ 213 ] Brief Emotional Intelligence Scale (BEIS-10) 395 2.39 0.24 Information not available for interpretation Relationship management [ 79 , 262 , 275 , 300 , 310 ] Bradberry & Greaves Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire 388 25.84 0.43 Nurses scored 35.84 out of 48, where higher score = high EI Bradberry & Greaves Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire 100 scale 581 73.99 9.90 Nurses score 73.99 out of 100, where higher scores = higher EI. Self emotional appraisal [ 235 , 246 , 247 , 251 , 263 , 266 , 270 , 271 , 273 , 286 – 288 , 294 , 297 , 308 ] Self Emotional Intelligence Scale 67 3.30 0.25 Nurses scored 3.30 out of 5, where lower score = more uncertain and lower EI. Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) - 4 point scale 280 3.10 0.50 Nurses scored 3.00 out of 4, where higher scores = higher EI.…”

“… Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test 260 100.443 2.27 Nurses exhibit average understanding of emotions. Understanding others emotions [ 229 ] GENOS Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment 194 3.42 0.76 Information not available for interpretation Use of emotion [ 235 , 246 , 247 , 249 , 251 , 259 , 263 , 266 , 268 , 270 , 271 , 273 , 276 , 286 – 288 , 292 , 294 , 296 , 297 , 308 , 312 , 358 , 361 ] Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test 260 98.89 1.28 Nurses exhibit average use of emotions. Self Emotional Intelligence Scale 67 3.17 0.00 Nurses score 3.17 out of 5, where lower score = more uncertain and lower EI.…”

Knowledge, Practice, Compliance, and Barriers toward Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia among Critical Care Nurses in Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Review

“…The cross-sectional, descriptive design was utilized in more than half of the reviewed studies. Although these designs are quick and inexpensive to conduct, they may demonstrate several challenges, such as difficulty interpreting relationships identified and making a causal inference [ 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ]. Using a qualitative or mixed-method design would have given in-depth and more specific responses from the participants than the self-reported instruments used [ 58 , 59 , 60 ].…”