Empathy fatigue among physicians and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional survey from Southwest China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empathy fatigue refers to the excessive empathy required of medical staff in the process of helping patients, which can produce traumatic experiences and emotional exhaustion. Severe empathy fatigue can even lead to medical disputes and errors, exacerbating increasingly tense doctor-patient relationships. Most studies on empathy fatigue focus on nurses, with few studies on physicians.

Methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire was used to assess empathy fatigue among physicians in public tertiary general hospitals in southwest China using convenience sampling.

Results

A total of 562 physicians participated in the survey; average empathy satisfaction scores were 32.1 ± 6.85, 28.2 ± 5.30, and 26.2 ± 6.04 for empathy satisfaction disorder, job burnout, and second

SUBMITTER: Ye Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11546530 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature