Correlation between critical thinking and emotional intelligence:a national cross-sectional study on operating room nursing students in Iran
Armin Fereidouni1
Esmaeil Teymoori2
Tayebeh Bahmani3
Hamid Reza Sabet4
Zahra Maleki5
Mina Gharibi6
1.Department of Operating Room Technology,Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center School of Nursing and Midwifery,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz,Iran2.Department of Operating Room Technology,School of Paramedical Sciences,AJA University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran3.Department of Operating Room,School of Allied Medical Science,Fasa University of Medical Sciences,Fasa,Iran;Clinical Education Research Center,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz,Iran4.Medical Journalism Department,School of Paramedical Sciences,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz,Iran5.Department of Epidemiology Student Research Committee,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz,Iran6.Department of Operating Room,School of Allied Medical Science,Fasa University of Medical Sciences,Fasa,Iran
摘要：Objective:According to the World Federation of Medical Education,critical thinking should be part of the training of medical and paramedical students.Professionals can improve the quality of care of patients after surgery by having or acquiring this skill in health care.Also,Emotional intelligence is introduced as an important and effective factor on the professional performance and mental health of healthcare professionals.Thus,the present study was designed and implemented to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking among operating room nursing students of medical sciences universities in Iran.
Methods:This cross-sectional study was done on 420 0perating room students in 10 top medical sciences universities of Iran in 2022.The sampling method in this research was multistage sampling.The data collection instruments included demographic characteristics,Rickett's critical thinking,and Bradberry-Greaves'emotional intelligence questionnaires.After receiving the ethics code,data collection was done for 2 months.For data analysis,descriptive and inferential analyses including independent t-tests,analysis of variance,and Pearson correlation were used.The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 18(IBM Corporation,Armonk,New York,United States).P-value＜0.05 was considered significant.
Results:The mean age of the students participating in this study was 23.02±3.70 years,with women constituting 67.4％of them.The results of data analysis indicated that the mean total score of critical thinking and emotional intelligence was 124.10±37.52 and 114.12±43.63,respectively.A direct significant correlation between critical thinking and emotional intelligence(r=0.459,P-value＜0.001)and a significant relationship between gender and emotional intelligence(P-value=0.028)were found.
Conclusions:Based on the present study results,educational managers in the Ministry of Health are suggested to consider suitable educational programs for improving critical thinking and emotional intelligence to enhance the quality of care provided by students in operating rooms.
机标关键词：intelligencecorrelationstudentsnationalbetweenstudyroomcritical
论文发表日期：2024-03-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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