Compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, anxiety, depression and stress in registered nurses in Australia: study 1 results. (1st November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hegney, Desley G.; Craigie, Mark; Hemsworth, David; Osseiran‐Moisson, Rebecca; Aoun, Samar; Francis, Karen; Drury, Vicki
• Is Part Of: Journal of nursing management. Volume 22:Number 4(2014)
• Page Start: 506
• Page End: 518
• Publication Date: 2013-11-01
• Subjects: Nursing services -- Administration -- Periodicals; Nursing services -- Business management -- Periodicals; 610.73068
• DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12160
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-0429

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jonm12160-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jonm12160-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>To explore compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction with the potential contributing factors of anxiety, depression and stress.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm12160-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>To date, no studies have connected the quality of work‐life with other contributing and co‐existing factors such as depression, anxiety and stress.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm12160-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>A self‐report exploratory cross sectional survey of 132 nurses working in a tertiary hospital.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm12160-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Result</title> <p>The reflective assessment risk profile model provides an excellent framework for examining the relationships between the professional quality of work factors and contributing factors within the established risk profiles. The results show a definite pattern of risk progression for the six factors examined for each risk profile. Additionally, burnout and secondary traumatic stress were significantly related to higher anxiety and depression levels. Higher anxiety levels were correlated with nurses who were younger, worked full‐time and without a postgraduate qualification. Twenty percent had elevated levels of compassion fatigue: 7.6% having a very distressed profile. At‐risk nurses' stress and depression scores were significantly higher than nurses with higher compassion satisfaction scores.</p> </sec> <sec id="jonm12160-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Implications for nursing managers</title> <p>The employed nurse workforce would benefit from a psychosocial capacity building intervention that reduces a nurse's risk profile, thus enhancing retention.</p> </sec> </abstract>