Table 2.

Descriptive summary of nurses’ empathy, ego depletion and work alienation (n = 353).

Variable	Number of items (n)	Range	Mean ± SD ($\overline{x}$± s)	Mean ± SD ($\overline{x}$± s) (each item)
Total score of empathy	20	20–140	109.17 ± 14.25	5.46 ± 0.71
Perspective-taking	10	10–70	54.07 ± 8.79	5.41 ± 0.88
Compassionate care	8	8–56	44.03 ± 7.50	5.50 ± 0.94
Standing in the patients’ shoes	2	2–14	11.07 ± 2.17	5.53 ± 1.08
Total score of ego depletion	16	16–80	41.89 ± 8.66	2.62 ± 0.54
Cognition	6	6–30	17.26 ± 2.72	2.88 ± 0.45
Emotion	5	5–25	12.91 ± 3.49	2.58 ± 0.70
Behavior	5	5–25	11.72 ± 3.69	2.34 ± 0.74
Total score of work alienation	12	12–60	30.90 ± 8.27	2.58 ± 0.69
Helplessness	4	4–20	12.76 ± 3.23	3.19 ± 0.81
Friendlessness	4	4–20	8.88 ± 3.19	2.22 ± 0.80
Meaninglessness	4	4–20	9.26 ± 3.56	2.32 ± 0.89