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Narrazione e scrittura creativa per il miglioramento dell'empatia e del benessere nei professionisti sanitari: "Verba Curant", uno studio randomizzato
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Pubblicato: 19 dicembre 2025
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Background: lo storytelling e la scrittura creativa possono migliorare l'empatia e il benessere. Finora sono stati condotti pochi studi randomizzati controllati in contesti sanitari, generalmente con dimensio-ni del campione ridotte. Materiali e Metodi: in questo studio 175 professionisti sanitari che lavorano in un grande ospedale generale sono stati randomizzati in due gruppi: il gruppo 1 ha ricevuto formazione teorica in medicina narrativa con 4 ore di formazione a distanza, mentre il gruppo 2 ha ricevuto la stessa formazione teori-ca in medicina narrativa e un corso pratico di storytelling e scrittura creativa con 8 ore di formazione a distanza in piccoli gruppi. L'abilità empatica e il benessere psicologico sono stati misurati immediata-mente prima dell'inizio e alla fine del programma educativo con la scala di Jefferson e il test Psycholo-gical General Well-Being-Short form (PGWB-S). Risultati: i partecipanti del gruppo 2 hanno mostrato un miglioramento significativo dell'indice medio PGWB-S, a differenza del gruppo 1. L'ANOVA a due vie ha mostrato una differenza tra i gruppi nel tempo per trattamento con p=0,039. L'empatia è migliorata in entrambi i gruppi con un cambiamento statisticamente significativo. Non è stata riscontrata alcuna differenza significativa nel confronto tra i gruppi nel grado di miglioramento (p=0,25). Conclusioni: l'educazione allo storytelling e alla scrittura creativa che combina teoria e pratica è una strategia efficace per migliorare il benessere psicologico e la capacità empatica dei professionisti sani-tari.
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