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Revista de la Asociación Española de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 3020-1160Print version ISSN 1132-6255
Abstract
CACERES RIVERA, Diana Isabel; TORRES, Claudia Consuelo and LOPEZ ROMERO, Luis Alberto. Compassion fatigue and related factors in intensive care nurses: a multicentre study. Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.2, pp.142-150. Epub Sep 13, 2021. ISSN 3020-1160.
Objective:
To determine the levels of compassion fatigue and its Related factors in nursing professionals from three Units Intensive Care.
Material and methods:
Cross-sectional correlational study carried out between February 2018 and February 2020. A sampling at convenience. The Quality of life questionnaire for professionals ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life Scale) was applied.
Results:
In general, it was found according to the scale guidelines lower than average levels of compassion satisfaction 45.71% (n = 32), mean levels of Burnout: 56.34% (n = 40) and mean levels of compassion trauma: 49.30% (n = 35). Significant differences were not found in relation to sociodemographic factors.
Conclusions:
Low levels of satisfaction were found for compassion, which increases the risk of compassion fatigue. No significant differences were found in relation to the years of work experience, age, gender, years of experience, or civil status.
Keywords : Nurse Clinicians; Critical Care; Occupational Stress; Burnout; Professional; Job Satisfaction.
