ArticleBMC nursing2024
The effect of balint practice on reducing stress, anxiety and depression levels of psychiatric nurses and improving empathy level.
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- The effectiveness of Balint groups at improving empathy in medical and nursing education: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Mental health experiences and help-seeking behaviors among Chinese psychiatric nurses: a descriptive qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Application of a Nursing Quality Improvement Checklist in the Emergency Treatment of Trauma Patients.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Resilience Level and Perceived Stress Intensity Among Psychiatric Nurses.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A qualitative research exploring clinical nurses' experience with nurse employee assistance program promoted by hospitals in China.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Analysing the effect of social jetlag on burnout among shift nurse using a chained mediation model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the effect of Balint Group in improving stress, negative mood and empathy of psychiatric nurses.
methodIn March 2022-March 2023, 150 psychiatric nurses from four hospitals in Lanzhou were selected for the study, randomly grouped into experimental group and control groups (75 per group), the experimental group participated the Balint Group activities biweekly, the control group only attended mental health knowledge lectures. Job stress, negative emotion and empathy of the two groups before and after the intervention were evaluated and compared by using job stressor Scale, coping style Assessment Scale, self-assessment scale for depression, self-assessment Scale for anxiety and Jefferson Empathy Scale.
resultsAfter intervention, the job stressor scale and coping style evaluation of nurses in the two groups were significantly decreased, and the experimental group was lower than the control group (P < 0.05). The depression and anxiety of nurses in the two groups were significantly improved, and the experimental group was better than the control group (P < 0.05). The differences in the total score and dimensions of Jefferson Empathy scale in the experimental group after intervention were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05).
conclusionBalint group activities can effectively relieve the stress, depression and anxiety of psychiatric nurses, and improve the ability of empathy at work.
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