Midwife empathy and its association with the childbirth experience: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although pregnancy and childbirth comprise a life-course that most midwives experience, whether their own experiences of childbirth resonate with other women during childbirth remains to be determined. In this study, we therefore characterized midwives' empathic capabilities and defined their underlying factors.

Method

We conducted a cross-sectional study with data from 464 midwives in Guangdong, China, that were collected through the "Chinese version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy for Health Professionals (JSE-HP)." This questionnaire contains sections related to midwife demographics and delivery characteristics. We then implemented multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify empathy-related factors.

Results

Our analysis revealed 303 (65.3%) p

SUBMITTER: Jin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9774080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature