The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
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住院医师的幸福感与同理心之间的关联:横断面调查。
DOI:
10.1089/jicm.2023.0116
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发表时间:
2024
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Fredericson,Michael
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Swenson,TheodoraL;Ehsanian,Reza;Tran,RichardT;Petersen,TimothyR;Kennedy,DavidJ;Roche,Megan;Oppezzo,Marily;Noordsy,DouglasL;Fredericson,Michael
Objective:To evaluate the extent to which personal well-being may be associated with empathy, while controlling for potential confounders.Settings/Location:Residency programs throughout the United States.Subjects:A total of 407 medical residents from residencies including general medicine, surgery, specialized and diagnostic medicine participated in this study.Outcome Measures:Well-being was measured using the modified existential well-being subscale of the spiritual well-being scale. Empathy was measured using the Jefferson Scale of Empathy.Results:Well-being was found to be positively correlated with empathy when adjusted for possible confounders (p< 0.001). In addition to well-being, other factors noted to be statistically significant contributors to higher empathy scores while controlling for the others included age, gender, year in residency, specialty, and work-hours (p< 0.05 for each). After controlling for these factors, a resident's year in residency was not found to be a statistically significant contributor to empathy score.Conclusions:In this study, well-being was associated with empathy in medical and surgical residents. Empathy is a fundamental component of physician competency, and its development is an essential aspect of medical training. These findings suggest that efforts to increase well-being may promote empathy among medical residents.