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| The relationship between staff empathy and depressive symptoms in nursing home residents | | Author(s) | N Hollinger-Samson, J L Pearson |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 4, no 1, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 56-65 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Social interaction ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship between nurse-aide empathy and self-rated depressive symptoms were examined in a sample of 62 cognitively intact older nursing home residents in six nursing homes. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Nurse-aide empathy was measured from the perspective of the aide (resonated empathy), their supervisor (expressed empathy) and the patient (perceived empathy) using the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory Empathy Subscales. Resonated, expressed and perceived empathy were relatively independent of each other. Only perceived empathy was associated with residents' self-rated depression. The need to assess staff empathy in the nursing home, in conjunction with the specific role of the nurse aide, as well as patient and staff perspectives on the importance of empathy as they relate to psychological outcome, is discussed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000407407 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LHB:LF: QTE:4UA: TMA: 7T |
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