Current Status and Influencing Factors of Chinese Nurses' Compassion Competence: A Cross‐Sectional Study

作者：Xin-Yue Zhang, Kai Liu, YeFei Sun · 发表于：International Journal of Nursing Practice · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1111/ijn.70031 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions、Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Nursing education and management

BACKGROUND: Compassion serves as the cornerstone for effective nurse-patient communication and humanistic nursing care, recognized as a vital component of emotional labour involved in nursing practice. However, research concerning the current status of nurses' compassion competence and its influencing factors remains limited. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the current status of compassionate competence among Chinese nurses and to identify its influencing factors-particularly the roles of personality traits and nursing work environments. METHODS: Between November 2024 and January 2025, a comprehensive survey was delivered to 300 nurses conveniently sampled from three institutes, utilizing the Demographic Information Scale for Nurses, the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index and Compassion Competence Scale for the Nurses. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were utilized to provide a nuanced understanding of correlations between general information, personality traits and the nursing work environment. Additionally, Pearson correlation analysis was employed to evaluate the associations between compassion abilities, personality traits and the nursing work environment. RESULTS: The average compassion competence score among the participants was 62.52 ± 9.94, indicating a moderate level of compassion. Various factors were identified as independently influencing nurses' compassion competence, incl...