Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses
Background: Social support has a vital role in preventing traumatic stress in nurses. Nurses are regularly exposed to contact with violence, suffering, and death. The situation worsened during the pandemic because they were also faced with the possibility of infection SARS-CoV-2 and death from COVID...
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| author | Paulina Pergol-Metko Anna Staniszewska Sebastian Metko Zofia Sienkiewicz Lukasz Czyzewski |
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| description | Background: Social support has a vital role in preventing traumatic stress in nurses. Nurses are regularly exposed to contact with violence, suffering, and death. The situation worsened during the pandemic because they were also faced with the possibility of infection SARS-CoV-2 and death from COVID-19. Many nurses are faced with increased pressure, stress, and other adverse effects on their mental health. The study aimed to measure the relationship between compassion fatigue and perceived social support in polish nurses. Methods: The study was conducted on 862 professionally active nurses in Poland using the CAWI method (Computer-Assisted Web Interview). The professional Quality of Life scale (ProQOL) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used for collecting the data. StatSoft, Inc. (2014) was used for data analysis. For comparisons between the groups: Mann–Whitney U test, ANOVA Kruskal–Wallis test, and multiple comparisons (post-hoc). The relationships between variables were tested using Spearman’s rho, Tau Kendall, and the chi-square test. Results: The research showed the presence of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout in the group of Polish hospital nurses. A higher level of perceived social support was associated with lower compassion fatigue (r = −0.35; <i>p</i> < 0.001). A higher level of social support was associated with higher job satisfaction (r = 0.40; <i>p</i> < 0.001). The study also found that a higher level of social support was associated with a lower risk of burnout (r = −0.41; <i>p</i> < 0.001). Conclusions: Preventing compassion fatigue and burnout should be a priority for healthcare managers. Notably, an essential predictor of compassion fatigue is that Polish nurses often work overtime. It is necessary to pay more attention to the crucial role of social support in preventing compassion fatigue and burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02fa14f10c024320b43c98dd376aee0c2023-11-17T07:43:29ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322023-02-0111570610.3390/healthcare11050706Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish NursesPaulina Pergol-Metko0Anna Staniszewska1Sebastian Metko2Zofia Sienkiewicz3Lukasz Czyzewski4Department of Development of Nursing and Social & Medical Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandIndependent Researcher, 00-719 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Development of Nursing and Social & Medical Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Geriatric Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandBackground: Social support has a vital role in preventing traumatic stress in nurses. Nurses are regularly exposed to contact with violence, suffering, and death. The situation worsened during the pandemic because they were also faced with the possibility of infection SARS-CoV-2 and death from COVID-19. Many nurses are faced with increased pressure, stress, and other adverse effects on their mental health. The study aimed to measure the relationship between compassion fatigue and perceived social support in polish nurses. Methods: The study was conducted on 862 professionally active nurses in Poland using the CAWI method (Computer-Assisted Web Interview). The professional Quality of Life scale (ProQOL) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used for collecting the data. StatSoft, Inc. (2014) was used for data analysis. For comparisons between the groups: Mann–Whitney U test, ANOVA Kruskal–Wallis test, and multiple comparisons (post-hoc). The relationships between variables were tested using Spearman’s rho, Tau Kendall, and the chi-square test. Results: The research showed the presence of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout in the group of Polish hospital nurses. A higher level of perceived social support was associated with lower compassion fatigue (r = −0.35; <i>p</i> < 0.001). A higher level of social support was associated with higher job satisfaction (r = 0.40; <i>p</i> < 0.001). The study also found that a higher level of social support was associated with a lower risk of burnout (r = −0.41; <i>p</i> < 0.001). Conclusions: Preventing compassion fatigue and burnout should be a priority for healthcare managers. Notably, an essential predictor of compassion fatigue is that Polish nurses often work overtime. It is necessary to pay more attention to the crucial role of social support in preventing compassion fatigue and burnout.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/5/706burnoutcompassion fatiguesocial supportnursingPoland |
| spellingShingle | Paulina Pergol-Metko Anna Staniszewska Sebastian Metko Zofia Sienkiewicz Lukasz Czyzewski Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses Healthcare burnout compassion fatigue social support nursing Poland |
| title | Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses |
| title_full | Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses |
| title_fullStr | Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses |
| title_short | Compassion Fatigue and Perceived Social Support among Polish Nurses |
| title_sort | compassion fatigue and perceived social support among polish nurses |
| topic | burnout compassion fatigue social support nursing Poland |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/5/706 |
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