A survey of 200 nurses across ten Egyptian hospitals associated dementia-care competence with resilience (r=.350) and empathetic practice (r=.249), while resilience correlated with empathy (r=.378). The modeled indirect effect was β=.116 (95% CI .053–.193), but cross-sectional mediation cannot establish a causal mechanism or intervention effect.
Key findings
- Competence-resilience r=.350, competence-empathy r=.249 and resilience-empathy r=.378, all p
Why this matters globally
Dementia care depends on competence, working conditions and relationships. Resilience may inform staff support, but must not become a demand that nurses endure unsafe systems.
Thai researcher contribution
A Mahidol Faculty of Nursing researcher contributed to a multinational team spanning Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait.
Limitations to consider
All variables were same-time self-reports, making mediation a causal hypothesis rather than evidence. Social desirability, no patient or observer empathy measure, 6.2% explained variance and Egyptian context limit inference.