Cross-sectional study of the association between healthcare professionals' empathy and burnout and the number of annual primary care visits per patient under their care in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between physician and nurse self-reported empathy and burnout and the number of annual primary care visits per patient under their care.

Methods

Design: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted from January 2013 to July 2014. Site: The 22 primary care centres of the Lleida Health Region in Spain.

Main outcome measures

The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy and the Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to measure empathy and burnout, respectively. The number of visits and the number of diagnoses coded per visit were obtained through the Region's electronic health record.

Results

Two hundred and sixty-seven healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses, 52.6% participation of the total in the r

SUBMITTER: Yuguero O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067329 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature