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KMID : 1104420200310010034
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Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
2020 Volume.31 No. 1 p.34 ~ p.42
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The Mediating Effect of Spirituality between Nurses’ Empathy and Elderly Care Performance in the Long Term Care Hospitals
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Park Hee-Ok
Kim Eun-Kyung
Moon Kyoung-Ja
Kim Min-Ji
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Abstract
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Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify whether spirituality mediates the relationship between empathy and elderly care performance among Long Term Care (LTC) hospitals nurses in Korea.
Methods: The data collection was performed July 1st to August 31th, 2018. Participants were 119 nurses from three long-term care hospitals in Korea. Self-reported questionnaires were administered to assess general characteristics, empathy, spirituality and elderly care performance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and three-stage simple and multiple regression analysis as proposed by Baron and Kenny.
Results: The level of elderly care performance of participants was significantly different based on age (F=3.92, p=.010) and nurse’s position (t=-2.18, p=.031). Spirituality had a significant mediating effect on the relationship between empathy and elderly care performance (Z=3.64, p<.001).
Conclusion: As spirituality completely mediates the relationship between empathy and elderly care performance, it is necessary to develop a nursing education program that applies spirituality and empathy and supports religious activities at an institutional level.
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KEYWORD
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Spirituality, Empathy, Long-term care
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