Empathy Training Program for Nursing Staff

NCT ID: NCT05581381

Last Updated: 2022-10-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-19

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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The research purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of empathy training program for nurses, as well as to investigate the effectiveness of learning satisfaction for nurses and the empathy training program learning subjective experience of nurses.The quantitative method is the experimental research method using randomization. The nurses receiving the intervention of empathy training program are in the experimental group, while those who do not receive it are in the control group.

Detailed Description

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"Empathy" is an important foundation for nurses to communicate with patients and establish trust relationships. If nurses lack of empathy literacy or cannot apply empathy communication skills, the role of establishing therapeutic interpersonal relationships with patients or family members will affect the professional performance of nurses and the quality of nursing care. Therefore, improving nurses' empathy literacy and practical application ability has a great correlation with good care quality. However, domestic and international research on the correlation of empathy for nurses are not enough and lack of training program, which show the topic of this research is worth exploring.

The research purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of empathy training program for nurses, as well as to investigate the effectiveness of learning satisfaction for nurses and the empathy training program learning subjective experience of nurses.

In order to make the evaluation of research effectiveness more specific and objective, and also hoped that nurses can be the subject of effectiveness evaluation, and have a deeper understanding of their subjective experiences and feelings. Therefore, the effectiveness evaluation of empathy training program for nurses is using method triangulation of the qualitative and quantitative research method.

The quantitative method is the experimental research method using randomization. The nurses receiving the intervention of empathy training program are in the experimental group, while those who do not receive it are in the control group. The effectiveness assessment will use the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) and learning satisfaction scale, Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) required to be completed by both the experimental group and control group. ECRS perform the pre-test, post-test and post-post-test assessments. The pre-test perform before the implementation of empathy training program, and perform the post-test at week 8 the end of empathy training program, and after 8 weeks of post-test performed the post-post-test. Only experimental group require to complete learning satisfaction scale, perform the post-test at week 8 the end of empathy training program. Descriptive phenomenological research method is used as the qualitative method to explore the empathy training program learning subjective experience of nurses. This study will use purposive sampling to enroll experimental group who has received empathy training program learning, and then perform individual in-depth interviews after the end of empathy training program. Non-structured interview guides are used.

Hopefully, this study may develop an empathy training program which is suitable for nurses. This can enhance the empathy literacy and practical application ability for nurses.

Conditions

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Empathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The quantitative method is the experimental research method using randomization. The nurses receiving the intervention of empathy training program are in the experimental group, while those who do not receive it are in the control group. The effectiveness assessment will use the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) and learning satisfaction scale, Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) required to be completed by both the experimental group and control group. ECRS perform the pre-test and post-test assessments. The pre-test perform before the implementation of empathy training program, and perform the post-test at week 8 the end of empathy training program.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Interventional empathy training program

Provide empathy training for the experimental group for a total of 8 weeks (1 time a week, 1 hour each time).In the 8th week, both the experimental group and the control group must fill in the ECRS Empathy Scale; the experimental group must fill in the Learning Satisfaction Scale

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

empathy training program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Empathy training, a total of 8 weeks of training (1 time a week, 1 hour each time)

No intervention empathy training program

The control group did not offer empathy training.In the 8th week, both the experimental group and the control group must fill in the ECRS Empathy Scale.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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empathy training program

Empathy training, a total of 8 weeks of training (1 time a week, 1 hour each time)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1\. Nursing staff

Exclusion Criteria

1. Nursing staff on night shifts
2. Nursing staff working in the hospice and psychiatric wards
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Xuan-Yi Huang

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Xuan-Yi Huang, DNSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Locations

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Xuan-Yi Huang

Taipei, Peitou, Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

References

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Bry K, Bry M, Hentz E, Karlsson HL, Kyllonen H, Lundkvist M, Wigert H. Communication skills training enhances nurses' ability to respond with empathy to parents' emotions in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Paediatr. 2016 Apr;105(4):397-406. doi: 10.1111/apa.13295. Epub 2016 Jan 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26648201 (View on PubMed)

Cao X, Chen L. The impact of empathy on work engagement in hemodialysis nurses: The mediating role of resilience. Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2020 Jan;17(1):e12284. doi: 10.1111/jjns.12284. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31359610 (View on PubMed)

Derksen F, Bensing J, Lagro-Janssen A. Effectiveness of empathy in general practice: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract. 2013 Jan;63(606):e76-84. doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X660814.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23336477 (View on PubMed)

Fleming BD, Thomas SE, Burnham WS, Charles LT, Shaw D. Improving Ethnocultural Empathy in Healthcare Students through a Targeted Intervention. J Cult Divers. 2015 Summer;22(2):59-63.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26245011 (View on PubMed)

Kahriman I, Nural N, Arslan U, Topbas M, Can G, Kasim S. The Effect of Empathy Training on the Empathic Skills of Nurses. Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2016 Jun 5;18(6):e24847. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.24847. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27621922 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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20210106R

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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