title: The relationship between surgical patients and nurses characteristics with their perceptions of caring behaviors: a European survey.
abstract: The purpose of this European survey was to examine the relationship of surgical patients' and nurses' personal characteristics with their perceptions of caring behaviors. Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) was completed by convenience samples of 1,659 patients and 1,195 nurses from six countries of Europe. The results showed that the older the patients, the more positive were their evaluations of CBI. Those with planned admission and good/very good health conditions gave higher ratings compared to those with an emergency and poor health conditions. Type of admission, age, and health conditions explained 5.2% of CBI variance. Nurses with more work experience and experience in the unit gave significantly higher ratings compared to nurses with less experience. Nurses' total experience and gender explained 2.3% of the variance of perceived care. Therefore, in a multinational surgical environment, caring behaviors may be influenced by other variables, better captured by using different research methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Patiraki
authors.forename: Chryssoula
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karlou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Efstathiou
authors.forename: Haritini
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsangari
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merkouris
authors.forename: Darja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jarosova
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leino-Kilpi
authors.forename: Riitta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suhonen
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: Alvisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palese
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomietto
authors.forename: Evridiki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papastavrou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative