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Abstract

Empathy is crucial for the quality of care, a positive nurse–patient relationship and reducing medical disputes.3 Social support encompasses the psychological and material assistance that individuals receive from their social networks. Methods This study was conducted in a busy tertiary hospital with over 2000 beds and a nurse-to-patient ratio of approximately 1:10, in a city with a population of over 8 million. Collected responses included: (1) general demographic information: working department/unit, years of nursing practice, marital status, education and income level; (2) Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), which consists of three dimensions that capture different aspects of rumination: reflection, brooding and depressive mood repair (the RRS has been successfully used in evaluating rumination response style in nurses); (3) the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), which consists of four dimensions that capture different aspects of empathy: perspective taking, fantasy, empathic concern and personal distress; (4) the Social Support Scale, which assesses three dimensions: subjective support, objective support and utilisation of support; (5) feedback seeking, which includes four dimensions: supervisor observational feedback seeking, supervisor interrogative feedback seeking, colleague observational feedback seeking and colleague interrogative feedback seeking. Table 1 Association of nurses’ ruminative thinking behaviours with their sociodemographic profiles Sociodemographic factors n (%) Reflection Brooding Depressive mood repair RRS total score Nursing unit  Internal medicine 330 (38.46) 22.04 (6.64) 9.18 (2.70) 9.65 (2.91) 40.87 (11.82)  Surgery 218 (25.41) 22.03 (6.70) 9.28 (2.77) 9.68 (2.94) 40.98 (11.83)  Obstetrics and gynaecology 36 (4.20) 19.92 (5.09) 8.39 (2.18) 8.89 (2.15) 37.19 (9.05)  Paediatrics 53 (6.18) 21.28 (7.07) 9.17 (2.75) 9.64 (2.96) 40.09 (12.40)  Intensive care unit 19 (2.21) 24.00 (4.64) 9.58 (1.35) 10.26 (1.56) 43.84 (7.24)  Operating room 57 (6.64) 19.96 (6.99) 8.37 (2.78) 8.68 (3.08) 37.02 (12.48)  Emergency room 145 (16.90) 23.04 (8.10) 9.50 (3.32) 9.93 (3.41) 42.48 (14.53)  F 2.30 1.70 1.73 2.12  p 0.033* 0.120 0.110 0.049* Years of nursing practice  <2 86 (10.02) 21.20 (5.78) 8.83 (2.23) 9.45 (2.64) 39.48 (10.14)  2–5 144 (16.78) 20.94 (6.62) 8.66 (2.76) 9.05 (3.12) 38.65 (12.12)  6–10 209 (24.36) 22.34 (7.41) 9.25 (3.03) 9.72 (3.07) 41.32 (13.11)  11–20 294 (34.27) 22.98 (7.06) 9.58 (2.89) 10.01 (3.05) 42.56 (12.55)  21–30 77 (8.97) 20.66 (5.60) 8.81 (2.28) 9.17 (2.36) 38.64 (9.81)  >30 48 (5.59) 20.85 (7.65) 9.19 (2.91) 9.60 (3.02) 39.65 (13.06)  F 3.06 2.79 2.51 2.97  p 0.010** 0.016* 0.029* 0.011* Education level  Vocational secondary school 5 (0.58) 15.00 (3.94) 7.00 (0.71) 7.20 (1.79) 29.20 (5.76)  Associate degree 149 (17.37) 21.01 (6.33) 8.85 (2.72) 9.22 (2.92) 39.08 (11.57)  Bachelor’s degree 692 (80.65) 22.23 (7.03) 9.26 (2.83) 9.71 (3.00) 41.20 (12.42)  Master’s degree 12 (1.40) 22.08 (6.39) 9.67 (2.67) 10.50 (2.68) 42.25 (11.38)  F 3.01 1.98 2.56 2.78  p 0.029* 0.120 0.050 0.040* Marital status  Single 264 (30.77) 22.30 (7.05) 9.17 (2.80) 9.64 (3.04) 41.10 (12.41)  Married 582 (67.83) 21.73 (6.75) 9.15 (2.79) 9.58 (2.94) 40.46 (12.06)  Others 12 (1.40) 26.83 (10.01) 10.67 (3.63) 11.42 (3.87) 48.92 (17.30)  F 3.63 1.71 2.25 2.94  p 0.027* 0.180 0.110 0.050 Income level (CN¥/month)  <3000 11 (1.28) 23.73 (6.28) 9.55 (2.02) 10.00 (3.13) 43.27 (11.15)  3000–5000 122 (14.22) 21.85 (6.26) 9.25 (2.71) 9.68 (2.86) 40.78 (11.33)  5000–10 000 600 (69.93) 22.26 (7.27) 9.24 (2.92) 9.69 (3.07) 41.19 (12.85)  10 000–15 000 113 (13.17) 21.19 (5.51) 8.95 (2.36) 9.37 (2.64) 39.50 (9.99)  >15 000 12 (1.40) 14.83 (2.69) 7.33 (2.31) 7.50 (2.11) 29.67 (6.40)  F 4.06 1.63 1.86 3.08  p 0.003** 0.170 0.120 0.016* *p<0.05;**p<0.01 RRS, Ruminative Response Scale.

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Title
Factors influencing ruminative thinking behaviours in nurses: a cross-sectional study of 858 subjects in a tertiary care hospital
Author
Huling Cao 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ding, Aiming 2 ; Wang, Lihua 2 ; Cao, Jianyu 3 ; Mao, Haiyan 4 ; Tang, Hui 4 ; Yang, Guihong 1 ; Gu, Junhua 1 

 Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China 
 Department of Nursing, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China 
 Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi, China 
 Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China 
First page
e101443
Section
Letter
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Jul 2024
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
ISSN
20965923
e-ISSN
2517729X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3077620988
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© 2024. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.