Table 3.
Relationship between emotional intelligence and quality of nursing care based on nurses ‘and patients’ viewpoints
| Comparison of QoNC from the viewpoint of patients and nurses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of nursing care dimensions | Nurse (n=100) n (%) | Patient (n=300) n (%) | p-value of t-test | |
| Psychosocial | Unpleasant | 0 (0) | 13 (4.30) | 0.04 |
| Partly Unpleasant | 2 (2) | 52 (17.30) | ||
| Pleasant | 98 (98) | 235 (78.30) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 88.39 (1.00) | 79.69 (17.43) | ||
| Physical | Unpleasant | 2 (2) | 39 (13) | 0.02 |
| Partly Unpleasant | 8 (8) | 128 (42.70) | ||
| Pleasant | 90 (90) | 133 (44.30) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 81.77 (1.00) | 65.88 (15.14) | ||
| Communication | Unpleasant | 84 (84) | 226 (75.30) | 0.764 |
| Partly Unpleasant | 16 (16) | 74 (24.70) | ||
| Pleasant | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 39.21 (0.56) | 38.44 (8.56) | ||
| Total | Unpleasant | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.652 |
| Partly Unpleasant | 47 (47) | 1 (0.30) | ||
| Pleasant | 51 (51) | 299 (99.70) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 202.22 (22.31) | 184.01 (37.41) | ||
| The correlation between EI * and QoNC** | ||||
| Emotional Intelligence | QoNC from nurses Viewpoints*** r p |
QoNC from patients Viewpoints*** r p |
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| Self-awareness | 1.00, <0.001 | 1.00, <0.001 | ||
| Self-management | 0.70, 0.02 | 0.68, 0.03 | ||
| Social-awareness | 0.88, 0.001 | 0.60, 0.04 | ||
| Relationship management | 1.00, <0.001 | 1.00, <0.001 | ||
| Total score | 1.00, <0.001 | 1.00, <0.001 | ||
*Emotional Intelligence **Quality of Nursing Care ***Pearson Correlation