Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Προαγωγή και Αγωγή της ΥγείαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Boutsiarakos Thalis
Supervisors info:
Ιωάννης Τούντας, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπων
Αρετή Λάγιου, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Δημόσιας και Κοινοτικής Υγείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Αντώνιος Πολίτης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Κόπωση συμπόνιας των επαγγελματιών υγείας στο Βόρειο Αιγαίο - μία συγχρονική μελέτη.
Translated title:
Compassion fatigue of health professionals in the North Aegean - a cross-sectional study.
Summary:
Background: Health professionals have to manage the disease and the suffering of their patients. Direct involvement and exposure to patients and to their suffering might lead to the emotional, physical, social and spiritual exhaustion and in the reduction of the ability of compassion and caring for others. This condition is described in the literature as compassion fatigue. High rates of compassion fatigue leads to professional to lose the ability to feel satisfaction or joy in personal and professional level.
Objectives: The aim of the survey was to explore the quality of the professional life of healthcare professionals who work in the Northern Aegean islands according to the Professional Quality of Life scale (PROQOL) and to explore the links between personal and work-related characteristics and the three subscales of the of the PROQOL scale..
Methods: A synchronized survey was conducted in March and April 2019 to 111 healthcares who work in public health sector and in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the Northern Aegean islands. The questionnaire included personal and work-related characteristics and the Professional Quality of Life scale.
Results: The scale defines three subscales, The first subscale “Compassion satisfaction” had significantly the highest score average score (37,4) comparing to the other two subscales, Burn-out(30,9) and Secondary Traumatic Stress (27,3).According to the 95% confidence intervals, all three sub-scales differ significantly (p<0.05).
“Compassion Satisfaction” subscale was found to be correlated by the self-perceived work climate, as the worsening (neutral or bad or worse) the levels of Compassion Satisfaction fall significantly (beta= -0.266, p=0.013). In Burn out subscale, psychologists, nurses and social workers were found to have the lowest levels (stand. beta = 0.605, p = 0.016). Burn out subscale was found to be increased by neutral or bad to very bad working climate. Increases the level of equilibrium (stand. beta = 0.434, p<0.001).
In the Secondary Traumatic Stress subscale, the increase in years of service seems to give marginally significantly lower (stand. beta=0.400, p=0.050) and the working environment has predictive effects.
Conclusions: It is of utmost importance that management or administration provides interventions to health care professionals in order to prevent and tackle the phenomenon of the compassion fatigue, focusing on the prognostic factors that have been shown in our research. Initiatives by the working parties for the creation of psychological support and professional self-efficiency programs are seen as an important measure for managing the problem and improving both the working conditions of professionals as well as increasing the level of health services provided.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Quality of life, Health care professionals, Compassion fatigue, Profession exhaustion, Secondary traumatic stress, Compassion satisfaction
Number of references:
136
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