Insomnia leads to decreased empathy in health care workers

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

Insomnia decreases empathy in health care workers and may lead to adverse clinical outcomes and medical errors, a new study suggests. Results show that subjects with an Insomnia Severity Index ISI of greater than 8, scored significantly higher across all four subscales of empathy.

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