Influencing factors of humanistic care ability and its dimensions among mental health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online cross-sectional study

In psychiatric services, humanistic care ability significantly affects the quality of the therapeutic relationship and thus affects the therapeutic outcomes for patients. Mental health workers may be confronted with more obstacles in humanistic care during the COVID-19 pandemic wherethe authors aime...

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Published in:BMC psychiatry 2023-03, Vol.23 (1), p.186-186, Article 186
Main Authors: Liu, Xiaolin, Zhu, Hongjin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Control
Correlation analysis
Courage
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data analysis
Epidemics
Health Personnel - psychology
Health services
Healthcare workers
Humans
Hypotheses
Likert scale
Maternity & paternity leaves
Medical personnel
Mental Health
Mental health care
Neurosis
Pandemics
Personality
Personality traits
Psychiatric services
Psychiatry
Psychological aspects
Psychological capital
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Services
Statistical significance
Work life balance
Workers
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Summary:In psychiatric services, humanistic care ability significantly affects the quality of the therapeutic relationship and thus affects the therapeutic outcomes for patients. Mental health workers may be confronted with more obstacles in humanistic care during the COVID-19 pandemic wherethe authors aimed to explore the capacity level of humanistic care among mental health workers and its potential influencing factors. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among 262 mental health workers working in Chongqing, China, from December 2020 to January 2021. Data were collected by the Caring Ability Inventory (CAI), the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, and the Short Scale for Chinese (EPQ-RSC). Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the influencing factors of humanistic care ability. Mental health workers' humanistic care ability is at a low level, with a score of 186.47 ± 21.34. Psychological capital is positively associated with humanistic care ability (β[95%CI] = 0.41 [0.46-0.77], p 
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-023-04656-5