The Investigation Of Compassion Level Of Nursing Students In A Health College (Turkish)

Autor: Nurhan Çingöl; Ebru Çelebi; Seher Zengin; Mehmet Karakaş
Sprache: Englisch; Türkisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Quelle: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
Online Zugang: https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD-65487-RESEARCH_ARTICLE-CINGOL.pdf
https://doaj.org/toc/1302-0099
https://doaj.org/toc/2146-7153
doi:10.5505/kpd.2018.65487
1302-0099
2146-7153
https://doaj.org/article/8729fb88848245fa93d8c4bb10533ff1
https://doi.org/10.5505/kpd.2018.65487
https://doaj.org/article/8729fb88848245fa93d8c4bb10533ff1
Erfassungsnummer: ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8729fb88848245fa93d8c4bb10533ff1

Zusammenfassung

Object: The aim of this study is to determine the level of compassion and the factors that affect the level of compassion of nursing students in a health college. Methods: The descriptive study has been conducted in a nursing department of a health college. "Introductory Information Form" by the researchers in accordance with the literature and developed by Pommier (2010) "Compassion Scale" has been used as the data collection tool. Analyzes of the data were conducted by using frequency, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Bonferroni Correlation, Spearman correlation tests in a statistical package program. Results: The sample of the research has been consisted of 494 students. It has been determined that 83.6% of the students were female and 26.7% of them were 4th grade students. The mean score of the students' compassion scale was determined as 4.19 ± 0.44. Considering the scores received from the scale; statistically significant difference has been determined in terms of negligence according to the sex, indifference, separation, mindfulness, disengagement subscales and scale overall score. In addition, statistically significant difference has been determined in terms of mindfullness sub-dimension according to the classes. There was a statistically significant difference in the subscale of common humanity according to the income status of the students. Discussion:It has been determined that the levels of compassion of the students differ in terms of gender, class and income status. Considering the highest score that can be received from the scale to be 5 in the direction of the findings obtained from the research, it is seen that the levels of compassion of the students are high. This study may be suggested to be performed in larger sample groups.