Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
IAR Journal of Medical Sciences, vol.3, no.1, pp.16-24, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Abstract: Bacground: The aim of the study is to determine the level of
compassion and affecting factors among Emergency Department (ED) health
workers. Methodology: The Compassion Scale, which was developed by
Pommier in 2011 and was adapted to Turkish, was used in the evaluation of the
level of compassion of the Training and Research Hospital ED staff, who had
more than 500 patient admissions per day. Results: The mean age of 84 ED health
workers included in the study was 27.20±5.430, 32.2% were male and 67.8%
were female. 41.7% (n=35) of the ED health workers were Emergency Doctors
and 58.3% were Emergency Nurses. Women's "Kindness", "Common humanity"
and "Mindfulness" compassion subgroup average scores were found to be higher
than men (15.859±2.538 versus 15.000±3.637; 16.859±2.488 versus
16.037±3.345; 16.245±1.606 versus 14.777±3.467). Women's „‟Indifference‟‟,
„‟Separation‟‟ and „‟Disengagement‟‟ compassion subgroup average scores were
found to be lower than men (7.736±2.560 versus 8.740±3.323; 77.666±2.502
versus 9.222±2.939; 7.350±2.371 versus 9.407±3.388). Emergency Nurses'
"Kindness", "Common humanity" and "Mindfulness" compassion subgroup
scores were higher than Emergency Doctors (16.510±2.509 versus 14.285±3.044;
17.163±2.124 versus 15.800±3.411; 16.0816±2.0997 versus 15.3429±2.8382).
Emergency Nurses' „‟Indifference‟‟, „‟Separation‟‟ ve „‟Disengagement‟‟
compassion subgroup scores were lower than Emergency Doctors (7.061±2.135
versus 9.457±3.146; 7.591±2.317 versus 8.971±3.082; 7.122±2.412 versus
9.257±3.061). Conclusion: The compassion levels of female ED health workers
were higher than that of male ED health workers and the level of compassion of
Emergency Nurses was higher than that of Emergency Doctors.