RT Journal Article
T1 Compassion in health professionals: Development and validation of the Capacity for Compassion Scale
A1 Ruiz Fernández, María Dolores
A1 Alcaraz Córdoba, Andrea
A1 Hernández Padilla, José Manuel
A1 Ibáñez Masero, Olivia
A1 García Navarro, Esperanza Begoña
A1 Ortega Galán, Ángela María
AB Background: Health professionals witness pain and suffering when they care for sickpeople and their families. Compassion is a necessary quality in their work as it combinesthe will to help, alleviate suffering and promote the well-being of both the peoplethey are attending and the professionals themselves. The aim of the study wasto design and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Capacity for CompassionScale (CCS).Design: A quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluatethe psychometric properties of the scale (reliability, temporal stability, contentvalidity, criterion validity and construct validity).Methods: The study was carried out in two phases: pilot study and final validation.The data were collected between April and May 2022. The sample was selected byconvenience sampling and was made up of a total of 264 participants, 59 in the pilotphase and 205 in the final validation.Results: The Capacity for Compassion Scale has been shown to have good psychometricproperties in relation to reliability, temporal stability, and content, criterion,and construct validity. Factor analysis showed that there were four subdimensions ofthe scale: motivation/commitment, presence, shared humanity and self-compassion.The results also indicate that compassionate ability is significantly correlated with ageand work experience.Conclusions: The Capacity for Compassion Scale shows adequate psychometric properties.This instrument measures the compassion capacity of health professionals,which is a valuable discovery for new lines of research in this field.Impact: Through this scale, low levels of capacity for compassion can be detectedthat negatively influence the quality of care provided by health professionals. TheCapacity for Compassion Scale can therefore contribute to the identification of needsand promote training around compassion for health professionals.Patient or Public Contribution: No patient or public contribution.
PB Wiley
SN 0309-2402
SN 1365-2648 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23268
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23268
LA eng
NO Ruiz‐Fernández, M. D., Alcaraz‐Córdoba, A., Hernández‐Padilla, J. M., Ibáñez‐Masero, O., García‐Navarro, E. B., & Ortega‐Galán, Á. M. (2023). Compassion in health professionals: Development and validation of the Capacity for Compassion Scale. In Journal of Advanced Nursing. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15987
NO We thank all healthcare professionals for their participation in this study, the Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine at the University of Almeria, the Research Group Health Sciences CTS-451 and Centro de Investigación en Salud (CEINSA).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 14 jul 2026