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ArticleArchives of psychiatric nursing2021

The role of spiritual intelligence in predicting the empathy levels of nurses with COVID-19 patients.

Parastoo Karimi Aliabadi, Atefeh Zabihi Zazoly, Mehrnoush Sohrab, Farkhondeh Neyestani, Nahid Nazari, Seyed Hassan Mousavi, Abolghasem Fallah, Majid Youneszadeh, Masoumeh Ghasemiyan, Mohammad Ferdowsi

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Article in Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Parastoo Karimi AliabadiDepartment of Family Medicine, Diabetes Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Atefeh Zabihi ZazolyCenter for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: zabihi1823@gmail.com.
Mehrnoush SohrabDepartment of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Farkhondeh NeyestaniMaster of Science in Clinical Psychology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Nahid NazariBachelor of Nursing, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Seyed Hassan MousaviMaster of Science in Media Management, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Abolghasem FallahInternal Medicine Specialist, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Majid YouneszadehFatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Masoumeh GhasemiyanBachelor of Nursing, Fatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Mohammad FerdowsiFatemeh Zahra Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran.
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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aimGiven the prolongation of the newly emerging COVID-19 pandemic and the significance of caring for the patients by nursing staff, investigating and planning for the different psychological dimensions of this group is of paramount importance. Hence, this study investigated the role of spiritual intelligence in predicting nurses' empathizing with COVID-19 patients.

methodsThis descriptive-correlation study was conducted in 2021 on nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in three public hospitals. The researchers used two standard questionnaires, including the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) and Spiritual Intelligence (SI), for data collection. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS16 using descriptive statistics and the following: The Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Regression, chi-square test, and Pearson and Spearman correlations.

resultsThe statistical population consisted of 338 nurses with an average age of 34 and ten years of work experience. There was a significant positive relationship between the empathy scores and spiritual intelligence scores of the nurses caring for COVID-19 patients (P < 0.05). It was also concluded from the regression analysis that, spiritual intelligence affect empathy. Mean score of empathy was higher in hospitals where more nursing staff had MSc degrees. There was a significant difference between the empathy scores of the three hospitals (P < 0.05).

conclusionThe results indicated that there is a positive relationship between empathy and spiritual intelligence. Therefor improving spiritual intelligence is the appropriate strategy to ameliorate empathy during the COVID19 pandemic. At the same time, study indicated attention to the issue of nurses' mental health. Hence, it was suggested to incorporate these issues in the training programs and national/international decisions.

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COVID-19AdultEmpathyHumansIntelligencePandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesCOVID-19EmpathyNurseSpiritual intelligence

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