Response to: an exploratory cross-sectional study on the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and empathy in undergraduate medical students

Arulrajan, Sithhipratha; Ullah, Nazifa; Pavanerathan, Pranavan

doi:10.1080/10872981.2020.1826112

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“…Previous studies have explored the preconditions of empathy and found that mindfulness can promote empathy in individuals [ 29 ]. Mindfulness has been found to improve empathy among counselors [ 30 ], adolescents with a history of childhood abuse [ 31 ], college students [ 32 ], adults [ 33 ], and couples [ 34 ]. Researchers have examined specific groups of people and found that mindfulness enhanced the empathy of nurses [ 35 ] and ICU staff [ 36 ].…”

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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Chen

Liu

Cao

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Background: In the context of increasing doctor–patient tensions in China, the objective of this study was to explore and examine the effects of loving-kindness meditation (LKM) on doctors’ mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills. Methods: A total of 106 doctors were recruited from a hospital in China, and randomly divided into an LKM training group (n = 53) and waiting control group (n = 53). The LKM training group received 8 weeks of LKM training intervention, whereas the control group received no intervention. Three major variables (mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills) were measured before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the LKM training intervention. Results: The empathy and communication skills of the LKM group were significantly improved compared with those of the control group, but the level of mindfulness did not significantly change. Conclusions: The results suggested that LKM may contribute to improving physicians’ empathy and communication skills. However, the mechanisms that underlie the effects of the LKM on mindfulness, empathy, and communication skills and other psychological constructs needs further elucidation.

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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Chen

Liu

Cao

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Level of empathy in nursing professionals working in a hospital institution in Callao

Asencios-Trujillo,

La Rosa-Longobardi

et al. 2024

Health Leadership and Quality of Life

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Empathy in nursing professionals is one of the skills to show sensitivity, understanding and support to patients, therefore, the objective of the research is to determine the level of empathy in nursing professionals who work in a hospital institution in Callao. . It is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study, with a population of 105 nurses who completed a sociodemographic data questionnaire and the Jefferson Empathy Scale. In their results, 2.9% (n=3) of the nurses have high empathy, 81% (n=81) medium empathy and 16.2% (n=17) low empathy. In conclusion, empathy is very important for nursing care, since by being so committed to patient care, empathy can be improved according to the needs that the patient presents.

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Response to: an exploratory cross-sectional study on the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and empathy in undergraduate medical students

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Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Doctors’ Mindfulness, Empathy, and Communication Skills

Level of empathy in nursing professionals working in a hospital institution in Callao

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