Observations of empathy of nursing-home staff: a predictive study.
This study examines the power of seven demographic variables to predict the extent to which nursing-home staff offer empathy in their interactions with nursing-home residents. Behavioral observations, found to have rater-to-rater reliability, were utilized. Of the seven predictor variables (sex, age, employment status, length of work experience, education, type of institution, and occupational level), only the multiple r and work experience were found significant, although age came close to significance. Younger staff members with moderate lengths of experience were found the most empathic.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D009742:Nursing Theory