Summary
Religiosity and empathy in a hospital emergency departments staff
Duñó R, Díaz-Morán S, Oliva JC, Tobeña A, Iglesias Lepine ML
Affiliation of the authors
Servicio de Psiquiatría, Corporación Sanitaria y Universitaria Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain. Unidad de Psicología Médica, Departamento de Psiquiatría y Medicina Legal, Instituto de Neurociencias. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Unidad de Epidemiología y de Evaluación. Fundación Parc Taulí, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Sabadell, Corporación Sanitaria y Universitaria Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain.
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Duñó R, Díaz-Morán S, Oliva JC, Tobeña A, Iglesias Lepine ML. Religiosity and empathy in a hospital emergency departments staff. Emergencias. 2014;26:363-6
Summary
Objective: To assess relationships between religiosity and empathy in physicians, nurses, and assistant nurses in a hospital (ED).
Methods: Cross-sectional study using an anonymous, voluntary questionnaire for
assessing degree of religiosity and an instrument assessing empathy (interpersonal
reactivity index).
Results: The 3 staff groups were homogeneous in profile, showing a low degree of
religiosity and normative scores on ability to see someone elses point of view and
empathize with the feelings and suffering of others. No significant differences between
groups were detected. Weak links were found between religiosity and overall empathy (R =
0.18, r2 = 0.03, P