The role of empathy and psychological need satisfaction in pharmacy students’ burnout and well-being

Cho, Eun; Jeon, Seongmin

doi:10.1186/s12909-019-1477-2

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“…Female doctors' emotion is more influenced by the doctor-patient relationship. Previous studies have shown that female doctors tend to show more empathy (Gleichgerrcht and Decety, 2013;Cho and Jeon, 2019) and offer patients more comfort and emotional care. In addition to the increased demands of work, family responsibilities and dissatisfaction with work-life balance also play an important role in the mood of female doctors (Beckett et al, 2015).…”

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“…Their work is not only related to life and death but also to a patients' family happiness and even to a healthy and stable society. Previous studies have shown that women physicians tend to display more empathy and report especially high empathic concern for patients (Gleichgerrcht and Decety, 2013;Cho and Jeon, 2019). Moreover, women are more likely than male physicians to counsel their patients and spend more time with each patient (Barnett et al, 2019).…”

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Job Burnout on Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese Female Doctors: The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support

Wang

Shao

et al. 2020

Front. Psychol.

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All doctors face challenges and pressures that can lead to job burnout. The dual pressures of work and family make female doctors less happy and more likely to experience burnout, but few studies have focused on female doctors. In this study we explore the influence of job burnout on female clinical doctors' subjective wellbeing and the moderating role of perceived social support. A casual comparative study design was used for this research. Three self-reporting scales (Maslach Burnout Inventory, Perceived Social Support Scale and Subjective Wellbeing Scale) were distributed to participants, who were selected through random sampling. Participants consisted of 120 female and 120 male doctors from a hospital of Yantai City. Female doctors scored significantly higher than male doctors in the emotional exhaustion dimension (p < 0.01), and female doctors' subjective wellbeing was lower than that of male doctors (p < 0.01). The three dimensions of job burnout and subjective wellbeing exhibited significant negative correlations, and a positive relationship was found between perceived social support and subjective wellbeing in female doctors (p < 0.01). Perceived social support, especially from family, played a moderating role between emotional exhaustion and subjective wellbeing, and the moderating effect was significant (p < 0.01). A significant difference was observed between male and female doctors; female doctors experienced more emotional exhaustion and lower subjective wellbeing than male doctors. Improving perceived social support could reduce burnout and enhance subjective wellbeing.

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Job Burnout on Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese Female Doctors: The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support

Wang

Shao

et al. 2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…Life satisfaction, as a concept concerning the cognitive aspect of subjective wellbeing, is defined as an individual’s conscious evaluation of his or her life based on self-set standards [19]. The research conducted among 452 pharmacy students from five South Korean universities using structural equation modelling (SEM) found that exhaustion and cynicism, which are two facets of the Maslach Burnout Inventory—Student Survey (MBI-SS), were both significantly negatively correlated with life satisfaction [20]. A three-wave seven-year prospective study among 3255 Finnish dentists revealed that burnout predicted depressive symptoms and lowered life satisfaction [21].…”

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Empathy, burnout, life satisfaction, correlations and associated socio-demographic factors among Chinese undergraduate medical students: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Wang

Shi

et al. 2019

BMC Med Educ

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Background Medical education is widely known to be a demanding process that may cause various mental health problems, such as burnout, which can lead to lowered levels of life satisfaction among medical students. Research shows that empathy is negatively correlated with burnout, but there are few studies on the relationship among empathy, burnout and life satisfaction in medical students. The objective of the present study is to explore the correlations of empathy and burnout with life satisfaction and the associated socio-demographic factors among Chinese undergraduate medical students. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 1271 undergraduate medical students (age 19.42 ± 1.34 years, 36% male) from 1st to 4th grades completed questionnaires including the Interpersonal Reactivity Index Chinese version (IRI-C), the Maslach Burnout Inventory Modified Chinese version (MBI-MC), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) and socio-demographic characteristics. Statistical analyses included Student’s t-test, one-way ANOVA, post hoc Bonferroni tests, hierarchical linear regression analysis and general linear model-univariate full factorial model. Results Over four academic years, medical students’ empathy levels declined, but their burnout levels almost plateaued and their life satisfaction levels witnessed an initial fall before a rebound. Empathy was correlated with students’ age and grade, and burnout was associated with students’ maternal education. Significant differences in life satisfaction were detected with regard to medical students’ age, academic year, the number of children in the family, place of residence and parents’ educational levels. Conclusions Empathy explained 0.6% of the variance in life satisfaction in contrast to 13.7% of the variance explained by burnout in life satisfaction. Although empathy did not have a main effect on life satisfaction, there was an interaction effect of empathy and burnout on life satisfaction among students of high and low empathy and burnout levels. Students with high levels of empathy and low levels of burnout were most satisfied with life. Medical institutions and related authorities need to find effective measures to enhance students’ empathy levels and reduce burnout to improve their life satisfaction.

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“…The following values were considered to indicate a fair fit: CMIN/d.f. <3, NFI >0.9, IFI >0.9, CFI >0.9 and RMSEA <0.08 . Composite reliability was also calculated for each subscale …”

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Relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement among healthy elderly Japanese people

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Background Given Japan's rapidly ageing society, an increasing number of elderly people live in their communities with mutual support after the death of their spouse. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. Methods An anonymous, self‐administered questionnaire was given to 864 community‐dwelling elderly people aged 65 and older who attended an Elderly Citizens' Welfare Study Group. A total of 404 responses (effective response ratio: 46.8%) were analyzed. Their mean ± SD age was 75.6 ± 5.1 years. The purpose of the questionnaire was to obtain demographic information as well as information about three scales: independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. The factor structure of the scales was studied by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. This study's protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Okayama Prefectural University. Results Factor analysis indicated a three‐factor second‐order factor model for independence of daily living and human relationships and a one‐factor model for preparation for bereavement. Structural equation modelling showed that independence of daily living was significantly correlated with human relationships (r = 0.261, P < 0.001), and human relationships was significantly correlated with preparation for bereavement (r = 0.295, P < 0.001). There was no significant direct correlation between the independence of daily living and preparation for bereavement. Conclusions Encouraging elderly people to form good human relationships may help their preparation for bereavement. Further studies are required to determine whether this actually attenuates difficulties after bereavement.

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The role of empathy and psychological need satisfaction in pharmacy students’ burnout and well-being

Cited by 52 publications

References 92 publications

Job Burnout on Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese Female Doctors: The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support

Job Burnout on Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese Female Doctors: The Moderating Role of Perceived Social Support

Empathy, burnout, life satisfaction, correlations and associated socio-demographic factors among Chinese undergraduate medical students: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement among healthy elderly Japanese people

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