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A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties
We assessed empathy in medical residents, including factors modifying empathy and the relationship between empathy and burnout. Participants (n = 317 residents, response rate = 42%) from 4 university hospitals completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (Health Profes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051244 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.590 |
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author | Park, Chanmin Lee, Yeon Jung Hong, Minha Jung, Chul-Ho Synn, Yeni Kwack, Young-Sook Ryu, Jae-Sung Park, Tae Won Lee, Seong Ae Bahn, Geon Ho |
author_facet | Park, Chanmin Lee, Yeon Jung Hong, Minha Jung, Chul-Ho Synn, Yeni Kwack, Young-Sook Ryu, Jae-Sung Park, Tae Won Lee, Seong Ae Bahn, Geon Ho |
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description | We assessed empathy in medical residents, including factors modifying empathy and the relationship between empathy and burnout. Participants (n = 317 residents, response rate = 42%) from 4 university hospitals completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (Health Professional version, Korean edition), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Participants were classified by medical specialty: “people-oriented specialty” (POS group) or “technology-oriented specialty” (TOS group), with more women in the POS than in the TOS group, χ(2) = 14.12, P < 0.001. Being female, married, and having children were factors related to higher empathy (gender, t = -2.129, P = 0.034; marriage, t = -2.078, P = 0.038; children, t = 2.86, P = 0.005). Within specialty group, POS residents showed higher empathy scores in the fourth as compared to the first year, F = 3.166, P = 0.026. Comparing POS and TOS groups by year, fourth year POS residents had significantly higher scores than did fourth year TOS residents, t = 3.349, P = 0.002. There were negative correlations between empathy scores and 2 MBI subscales, emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalization (DP). Additionally, first year POS residents had higher DP scores than did first year TOS residents, t = 2.183, P = 0.031. We suggest that factors important for empathy are type of medical specialty, marriage, siblings, and children. Burnout state may be related to decreasing empathy. |
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spelling | pubmed-48103432016-04-05 A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties Park, Chanmin Lee, Yeon Jung Hong, Minha Jung, Chul-Ho Synn, Yeni Kwack, Young-Sook Ryu, Jae-Sung Park, Tae Won Lee, Seong Ae Bahn, Geon Ho J Korean Med Sci Original Article We assessed empathy in medical residents, including factors modifying empathy and the relationship between empathy and burnout. Participants (n = 317 residents, response rate = 42%) from 4 university hospitals completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (Health Professional version, Korean edition), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Participants were classified by medical specialty: “people-oriented specialty” (POS group) or “technology-oriented specialty” (TOS group), with more women in the POS than in the TOS group, χ(2) = 14.12, P < 0.001. Being female, married, and having children were factors related to higher empathy (gender, t = -2.129, P = 0.034; marriage, t = -2.078, P = 0.038; children, t = 2.86, P = 0.005). Within specialty group, POS residents showed higher empathy scores in the fourth as compared to the first year, F = 3.166, P = 0.026. Comparing POS and TOS groups by year, fourth year POS residents had significantly higher scores than did fourth year TOS residents, t = 3.349, P = 0.002. There were negative correlations between empathy scores and 2 MBI subscales, emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalization (DP). Additionally, first year POS residents had higher DP scores than did first year TOS residents, t = 2.183, P = 0.031. We suggest that factors important for empathy are type of medical specialty, marriage, siblings, and children. Burnout state may be related to decreasing empathy. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016-04 2016-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4810343/ /pubmed/27051244 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.590 Text en © 2016 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Park, Chanmin Lee, Yeon Jung Hong, Minha Jung, Chul-Ho Synn, Yeni Kwack, Young-Sook Ryu, Jae-Sung Park, Tae Won Lee, Seong Ae Bahn, Geon Ho A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title | A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title_full | A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title_fullStr | A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title_full_unstemmed | A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title_short | A Multicenter Study Investigating Empathy and Burnout Characteristics in Medical Residents with Various Specialties |
title_sort | multicenter study investigating empathy and burnout characteristics in medical residents with various specialties |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051244 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.590 |
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