- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05581381
Empathy Training Program for Nursing Staff
Exploring the Effect of Empathy Training Program for Nurses
Study Overview
Detailed Description
"Empathy" is an important foundation for nurses to communicate with patients and establish trust relationships. If nurses lack of empathy literacy or cannot apply empathy communication skills, the role of establishing therapeutic interpersonal relationships with patients or family members will affect the professional performance of nurses and the quality of nursing care. Therefore, improving nurses' empathy literacy and practical application ability has a great correlation with good care quality. However, domestic and international research on the correlation of empathy for nurses are not enough and lack of training program, which show the topic of this research is worth exploring.
The research purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of empathy training program for nurses, as well as to investigate the effectiveness of learning satisfaction for nurses and the empathy training program learning subjective experience of nurses.
In order to make the evaluation of research effectiveness more specific and objective, and also hoped that nurses can be the subject of effectiveness evaluation, and have a deeper understanding of their subjective experiences and feelings. Therefore, the effectiveness evaluation of empathy training program for nurses is using method triangulation of the qualitative and quantitative research method.
The quantitative method is the experimental research method using randomization. The nurses receiving the intervention of empathy training program are in the experimental group, while those who do not receive it are in the control group. The effectiveness assessment will use the Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) and learning satisfaction scale, Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS) required to be completed by both the experimental group and control group. ECRS perform the pre-test, post-test and post-post-test assessments. The pre-test perform before the implementation of empathy training program, and perform the post-test at week 8 the end of empathy training program, and after 8 weeks of post-test performed the post-post-test. Only experimental group require to complete learning satisfaction scale, perform the post-test at week 8 the end of empathy training program. Descriptive phenomenological research method is used as the qualitative method to explore the empathy training program learning subjective experience of nurses. This study will use purposive sampling to enroll experimental group who has received empathy training program learning, and then perform individual in-depth interviews after the end of empathy training program. Non-structured interview guides are used.
Hopefully, this study may develop an empathy training program which is suitable for nurses. This can enhance the empathy literacy and practical application ability for nurses.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Peitou
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Taipei, Peitou, Taiwan, 11219
- Xuan-Yi Huang
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Nursing staff
Exclusion Criteria:
- Nursing staff on night shifts
- Nursing staff working in the hospice and psychiatric wards
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Interventional empathy training program
Provide empathy training for the experimental group for a total of 8 weeks (1 time a week, 1 hour each time).In the 8th week, both the experimental group and the control group must fill in the ECRS Empathy Scale; the experimental group must fill in the Learning Satisfaction Scale
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Empathy training, a total of 8 weeks of training (1 time a week, 1 hour each time)
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No Intervention: No intervention empathy training program
The control group did not offer empathy training.In the 8th week, both the experimental group and the control group must fill in the ECRS Empathy Scale.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Empathy Construct Rating Scale
Time Frame: Pre-test
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A total of 56 questions .
It has good reliability and validity (the internal consistency is 0.92, and the test reliability after two weeks is 0.95).
The ECRS(Empathy Construct Rating Scale) includes four subscales of caring (38-item), empathy (9-item), professional relationship (5-item), and communication (4-item), which are scored on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (completely unsatisfactory) to 6 (full compliance), Higher scores indicate higher empathy
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Pre-test
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Empathy Construct Rating Scale
Time Frame: Post-test at Week 8
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A total of 56 questions .
It has good reliability and validity (the internal consistency is 0.92, and the test reliability after two weeks is 0.95).
The ECRS(Empathy Construct Rating Scale) includes four subscales of caring (38-item), empathy (9-item), professional relationship (5-item), and communication (4-item), which are scored on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (completely unsatisfactory) to 6 (full compliance), Higher scores indicate higher empathy
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Post-test at Week 8
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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descriptive phenomenological research method
Time Frame: post-test at Week 8
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Each interview should not exceed 90 minutes and should be recorded using recording equipment.
Qualitative research methods are quite suitable for exploring or less explored research areas or topics, and can gain insight into the nature, characteristics and attributes of life situations, life events, and life experiences.
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post-test at Week 8
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Xuan-Yi Huang, DNSc, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Derksen F, Bensing J, Lagro-Janssen A. Effectiveness of empathy in general practice: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract. 2013 Jan;63(606):e76-84. doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X660814.
- Bry K, Bry M, Hentz E, Karlsson HL, Kyllonen H, Lundkvist M, Wigert H. Communication skills training enhances nurses' ability to respond with empathy to parents' emotions in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Paediatr. 2016 Apr;105(4):397-406. doi: 10.1111/apa.13295. Epub 2016 Jan 21.
- Cao X, Chen L. The impact of empathy on work engagement in hemodialysis nurses: The mediating role of resilience. Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2020 Jan;17(1):e12284. doi: 10.1111/jjns.12284. Epub 2019 Jul 29.
- Fleming BD, Thomas SE, Burnham WS, Charles LT, Shaw D. Improving Ethnocultural Empathy in Healthcare Students through a Targeted Intervention. J Cult Divers. 2015 Summer;22(2):59-63.
- Kahriman I, Nural N, Arslan U, Topbas M, Can G, Kasim S. The Effect of Empathy Training on the Empathic Skills of Nurses. Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2016 Jun 5;18(6):e24847. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.24847. eCollection 2016 Jun.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 20210106R
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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