Empathy in Professor of a Educational Institution in Metropolitan Lima

Gallegos-Espinoza D.; Asencios-Trujillo L.; Piñas-Rivera L.; Asencios-Trujillo L.; Rosa-Longobardi C.L.; Perez-Siguas R. · Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia (2024) · DOI: 10.56294/saludcyt2024776

Resumen

Introduction: empathy is one of the qualities that health professionals must possess, which allows them to improve their relationship with the patient and in turn the care to be performed. Objective: to determine empathy in Professor of an Educational Institution in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: It is a quantitative, descriptive-cross-sectional study with a population of 102 Professor who developed a questionnaire of sociodemographic aspects and the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale. Results: In their results, we observed that 26,5 % (n=27) have a low level of empathy, 25,5 % (n=26) moderate low level, 24,5 % (n=25) moderate high level and 23,5 % (n=24) high level of empathy. Conclusions: In conclusion, training in nurses should be improved, since it will allow quality and humanized care in the patient.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle