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. 2024 Jan 2;23(1):14.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01670-6.

Compassionate care of nurses for the elderly admitted to the COVID-19 wards in teaching hospitals of southern Iran

Fereshte Faghihi  1 , Ladan Zarshenas  2 , Banafsheh Tehranineshat  3
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Compassionate care of nurses for the elderly admitted to the COVID-19 wards in teaching hospitals of southern Iran

Fereshte Faghihi et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Background: Compassionate care is the main indicator of the quality regarding nursing care. The importance of this care in the recovery process for the elderly hospitalized for COVID-19 has been under-researched in studies. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the compassionate care level of nurses to the elderly hospitalized in the COVID-19 wards of teaching hospitals in the south of Iran.

Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 212 nurses working in the COVID-19 wards of teaching hospitals in the south of Iran, who were selected through census in a cross-sectional study. The data were collected using the Tehranineshat et al. nurses' compassionate care questionnaire and then the data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics along with SPSS software version 22.

Results: The mean score of nurses' compassionate care was 130.18 ± 9.42, which was at a high level. The highest and lowest scores were related to professional performance (43.17 ± 2.799) and empathic communication dimension (27.76 ± 2.970). No significant relationship was found between variables such as gender, marital status, education, work experience, and job position with the compassionate care score (P > 0.05).

Conclusion: Nurses providing care for hospitalized elderly are recommended to consider all aspects of compassionate care, especially empathic communication, in their educational planning.

Keywords: COVID-19; Compassion; Elderly; Nursing care; Patients.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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