Compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress among nurses after the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Nurses frequently experience compassion fatigue and burnout, which impact their personal lives and patient care. The COVID-19 pandemic additionally caused stress, uncertainty, and fear of death among healthcare professionals. To assess professional quality of life (ProQoL) among nurses after the sec...

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Published in:	Industrial psychiatry journal Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 54 - 61
Main Authors:	Dixit, Priyanshi, Srivastava, Saumya P, Tiwari, Surya Kant, Chauhan, Soni, Bishnoi, Ravi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01-01-2024 Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects:	Analysis Burnout Care and treatment compassion satisfaction COVID-19 covid-19 pandemic Epidemics India Medical care Nurses Nursing Original Pandemics Patients professional quality of life Quality management second wave Secondary traumatic stress India COVID-19 pandemic Burnout compassion satisfaction secondary traumatic stress professional quality of life nurses second wave
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Summary:	Nurses frequently experience compassion fatigue and burnout, which impact their personal lives and patient care. The COVID-19 pandemic additionally caused stress, uncertainty, and fear of death among healthcare professionals. To assess professional quality of life (ProQoL) among nurses after the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 203 nurses using a purposive sampling technique in the month of September to December 2021. Data were collected using a self-administered ProQoL scale version 5. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used. Bivariate correlations were used to correlate the main variables. Multiple linear regression analysis was also performed. The majority of the nurses reported a moderate level of compassion satisfaction (CS) (62.6%), burnout (BO) (66.0%), and secondary traumatic stress (STS) (63.1%). Residence and education emerged as a factor whether the nurses experienced BO or STS, respectively. Additionally, CS negatively correlated with BO (r = -0.732: < 0.001) and STS (r = -0.141: p-0.04). The majority of the nurses experienced moderate levels of CS, BO, and STS after the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis and nurse patient-ratio emerged as a significant factor to predict CS, BO, or STS. Hence, effective measures need to be implemented by hospital administration to enhance the nurses' satisfaction and reduce fatigue and burnout.
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ISSN:	0972-6748 0976-2795
DOI:	10.4103/ipj.ipj_45_23