Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain

Background: Burnout is a growing problem among healthcare professionals and may be mitigated and even prevented by measures designed to promote empathy and resilience. Objectives: We studied the association between burnout and empathy in primary care practitioners in Lleida, Spain and investigated p...

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Autores: Yuguero, Oriol, Ramon Marsal, Josep, Esquerda, Montserrat, Vivanco, Luis, Soler-González, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Communication
Empathy
Primary care
Family medicine
Professionalism
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spelling Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, SpainYuguero, OriolRamon Marsal, JosepEsquerda, MontserratVivanco, LuisSoler-González, JorgeCommunicationEmpathyPrimary careFamily medicineProfessionalismBackground: Burnout is a growing problem among healthcare professionals and may be mitigated and even prevented by measures designed to promote empathy and resilience. Objectives: We studied the association between burnout and empathy in primary care practitioners in Lleida, Spain and investigated possible differences according to age, sex, profession, and place of practice (urban versus rural). Methods: All general practitioners (GPs) and family nurses in the health district of Lleida (population 366 000) were asked by email to anonymously complete the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) between May and July 2014. Tool consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's α, the association between empathy and burnout by Spearman's correlation coefficient, and the association between burnout and empathy and sociodemographic variables by the χ 2 test. Results: One hundred and thirty-six GPs and 131 nurses (52.7% response rate) from six urban and 16 rural practices participated (78.3% women); 33.3% of respondents had low empathy, while 3.7% had high burnout. The MBI and JSPE were correlated (P <.001) and low burnout was associated with high empathy (P <.05). Age and sex had no influence on burnout or empathy. Conclusion: Although burnout was relatively uncommon in our sample, it was associated with low levels of empathy. This finding and our observation of lower empathy levels in rural settings require further investigation.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 22016-01-0120162016-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/187829https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/13814788.2016.1233173reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1878292026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
title Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
spellingShingle Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
Yuguero, Oriol
Communication
Empathy
Primary care
Family medicine
Professionalism
title_short Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
title_full Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
title_fullStr Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
title_sort Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Yuguero, Oriol
Ramon Marsal, Josep
Esquerda, Montserrat
Vivanco, Luis
Soler-González, Jorge
author Yuguero, Oriol
author_facet Yuguero, Oriol
Ramon Marsal, Josep
Esquerda, Montserrat
Vivanco, Luis
Soler-González, Jorge
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Esquerda, Montserrat
Vivanco, Luis
Soler-González, Jorge
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Communication
Empathy
Primary care
Family medicine
Professionalism
topic Communication
Empathy
Primary care
Family medicine
Professionalism
description Background: Burnout is a growing problem among healthcare professionals and may be mitigated and even prevented by measures designed to promote empathy and resilience. Objectives: We studied the association between burnout and empathy in primary care practitioners in Lleida, Spain and investigated possible differences according to age, sex, profession, and place of practice (urban versus rural). Methods: All general practitioners (GPs) and family nurses in the health district of Lleida (population 366 000) were asked by email to anonymously complete the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) between May and July 2014. Tool consistency was evaluated by Cronbach's α, the association between empathy and burnout by Spearman's correlation coefficient, and the association between burnout and empathy and sociodemographic variables by the χ 2 test. Results: One hundred and thirty-six GPs and 131 nurses (52.7% response rate) from six urban and 16 rural practices participated (78.3% women); 33.3% of respondents had low empathy, while 3.7% had high burnout. The MBI and JSPE were correlated (P <.001) and low burnout was associated with high empathy (P <.05). Age and sex had no influence on burnout or empathy. Conclusion: Although burnout was relatively uncommon in our sample, it was associated with low levels of empathy. This finding and our observation of lower empathy levels in rural settings require further investigation.
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