A study of empathy, stress and workload in care work

09 August 2018

Are you a care worker who does home visits or works in a nursing home?

What impact does empathy, and the amount of contact a person has with patients, have on stress?

This study is looking for your thoughts on those relationships in care work. Stress is being measured as minor conflict at work with colleagues. It is hoped the study can contribute something meaningful to the area of compassion fatigue or burnout.

Keywords

• University of Gloucestershire
• Psychology
• Care work
• Empathy
• Stress
• Workload
• Emotion
• Interpersonal contact
• carers
• nursing home
• care home
• carehome workers
• nursing
• caring
• human relationships
• relationships
• elderly
• personal assistants
• healthcare
• healthcare assistant
• healthcare advisor
• care workers
• health
• eldercare
• support
• social support
• support worker
• social care
• hospice
• hospital
• home care
• University of Gloucestershire
• University of West of England
• UWE
• University of Birmingham
• university of Leeds
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• University of Liverpool

Ethical approval

The study gained ethical approval from the Univerity of Gloucestershire on the 17/07/2018.

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