The relationship between burnout and empathy in physiotherapists: a cross-sectional study

Background: There have been few studies carried out into empathy in physiotherapists. Burnoutcandebilitatethequalityofcareandtheefficacyof treatmentas theempatheticcapacityof theprofessionaldiminishes. Objective: Theobjectiveof thestudywas toexamine theassociationbetweentheconstruct burnout,empathya...

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Autores: Rodríguez Nogueira, Óscar, Leirós Rodríguez, Raquel, Pinto Carral, Arrate, Álvarez Álvarez, María José, Fernández Martínez, María Elena, Moreno Poyato, Antonio Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Ajuntament de Barcelona
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/17521
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17521
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enfermería
Empathy
Burnout
Physiotherapy
Therapeutic relationship
Person centred care
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Sumario:Background: There have been few studies carried out into empathy in physiotherapists. Burnoutcandebilitatethequalityofcareandtheefficacyof treatmentas theempatheticcapacityof theprofessionaldiminishes. Objective: Theobjectiveof thestudywas toexamine theassociationbetweentheconstruct burnout,empathyandsociodemographicaspects inSpanishphysiotherapists. Methods:Across-sectionalelectronicsurveyincludingtheMaslachBurnout Inventory(forburnout assessment), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (for empathyassessment) andsociodemographicdatawasansweredby461Spanishphysical therapists.Adescriptive,bivariateandlineal regressionanalysiswasperformed. Results: Therewasanassociationbetweenburnoutandempathy. Specifically, higher levelsof burnoutareassociatedwithlower levelsofempathy,whilstyearsofworkexperience isassociatedwithlower levelsofburnout. Conclusions:Theresultsof thisstudycontributetoagreaterunderstandingof therelationship betweenthelevelofburnoutandthedimensionsofempathyinphysiotherapists.Theinfluence ofburnout,whichcausesdifficulties inthemobilizationof theprofessional towards theestablishmentofaqualitytherapeuticrelationship, ishighlighted.

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