Relationship between Empathetic Reaction and Quality of Life among The Nurses in Psychiatric Unit at Assuit University Hospitals

Empathy is professional states envisioned as learned communication skills are used to
convey understanding of the patient's reality. Few studies have evaluated the QOL of health
professionals studies are rare among nurses. Aim of the study was to determine a relationship
between empathetic reaction and quality of life among the nurses in psychiatric unit at Assuit
university hospital. Setting: psychiatric unit at Assuit University Hospital, Egypt, during the
period of 6 months from the first of January till the end of June 2014. Subjects The study
comprised of 50 psychiatric nurses. A descriptive correlation design was used. Three tools were
used for data collection, 1- Demographic Data, 2- Empathy Scale by Layton 2004; 3- Quality of
life assessment Scale by Lehman (1986) .Result The main results yielded by the study proved
that, 72%, of female were in the age group <30 years. 82% of studied group were married, 56%
lived in rural area, 96% were diploma.54% of studied group were 1 to 5 years of experiences.
There was no a significant relation between empathy and sub- items of quality of life except
empathy part II and family atmosphere at home there was a significant relation. Conclusion there
was no a significant relation between empathy and level & sub-items of quality of life among
Psychiatric nurses. Recommendation; applied training program to assess and evaluate
knowledge of nurses about meaning empathy and who to applied & improved quality of life
among nurses