Nurse empathy to caregivers of chronically ill elders.
1. Findings showed that differences exist with regard to the amount of strain family caregivers experience and how caregivers perceive the nurses' empathy. 2. Caregivers to older persons requiring more health care services experienced more objective strain (ie, lack of time or more physical demands) than caregivers to persons who required less health care services. 3. Caregivers in isolated environments viewed nurses as more empathic compared with caregivers residing in areas where there was opportunity for more interaction with others.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires