Pain empathy of nursing students and its influencing factors in a hospital
Objective To investigate the status quo of pain empathy of nursing students and its influencing factors in DSecond Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University,so as to provide the basis for intervention education and improve their pain empathy.Methods A survey was conducted in 230 nursing students in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University from July 2021 to April 2022 by self-made demographic data questionnaire,Chinese version of empathy for pain scale(EPS-C),short-egnaminnenav barndoms uppfostran for Chinese(s-EMBU-C),and care ability inventory(CAI)scale.Results The total score of pain empathy of the nursing students was 2.83±0.68.The score of the body and mind discomfort reactions was 2.69±0.75 and the score of empathy reactions was 3.24±0.69.The results of multivariate analysis showed that gender,education level,being only child or not,liking watching violent films or not,and parental rearing pattern were the influencing factors for pain empathy(all P<0.05).Conclusion The nursing students have a medium level of empathy for pain in this military hospital.Nursing educators should develop targeted intervention programs for nursing students with different characteristics according to the actual situation of military hospitals,and guide them to establish good pain empathy.