TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Between Surgical Patients and Nurses Characteristics With Their Perceptions of Caring Behaviors
T2 - A European Survey
AU - Patiraki, Elisabeth
AU - Karlou, Chryssoula
AU - Efstathiou, Georgios
AU - Tsangari, Haritini
AU - Merkouris, Anastasios
AU - Jarosova, Darja
AU - Leino-Kilpi, Helena
AU - Suhonen, Riitta
AU - Balogh, Zoltan
AU - Palese, Alvisa
AU - Tomietto, Marco
AU - Papastavrou, Evridiki
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - The purpose of this European survey was to examine the relationship of surgical patients' and nurses' personal characteristics with their perceptions of caring behaviors. Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) was completed by convenience samples of 1,659 patients and 1,195 nurses from six countries of Europe. The results showed that the older the patients, the more positive were their evaluations of CBI. Those with planned admission and good/very good health conditions gave higher ratings compared to those with an emergency and poor health conditions. Type of admission, age, and health conditions explained 5.2% of CBI variance. Nurses with more work experience and experience in the unit gave significantly higher ratings compared to nurses with less experience. Nurses' total experience and gender explained 2.3% of the variance of perceived care. Therefore, in a multinational surgical environment, caring behaviors may be influenced by other variables, better captured by using different research methods.
AB - The purpose of this European survey was to examine the relationship of surgical patients' and nurses' personal characteristics with their perceptions of caring behaviors. Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI) was completed by convenience samples of 1,659 patients and 1,195 nurses from six countries of Europe. The results showed that the older the patients, the more positive were their evaluations of CBI. Those with planned admission and good/very good health conditions gave higher ratings compared to those with an emergency and poor health conditions. Type of admission, age, and health conditions explained 5.2% of CBI variance. Nurses with more work experience and experience in the unit gave significantly higher ratings compared to nurses with less experience. Nurses' total experience and gender explained 2.3% of the variance of perceived care. Therefore, in a multinational surgical environment, caring behaviors may be influenced by other variables, better captured by using different research methods.
KW - caring behaviors
KW - nurses
KW - patients
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897779588&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1054773812468447
DO - 10.1177/1054773812468447
M3 - Article
C2 - 23221147
AN - SCOPUS:84897779588
SN - 1054-7738
VL - 23
SP - 132
EP - 152
JO - Clinical Nursing Research
JF - Clinical Nursing Research
IS - 2
ER -