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Understanding Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout: A survey of the hospice palliative care workforce

Slocum-Gori, Suzanne, Hemsworth, David, Chan, Winnie WY, Carson, Anna, Kazanjian, Arminee·2013·Palliative Medicine
DOI 10.1177/0269216311431311
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Background: Despite the increasingly crucial role of the healthcare workforce and volunteers working in hospice and palliative care (HPC), very little is known about factors that promote or limit the positive outcomes associated with practicing compassion. Aim: The purpose of this study was to: 1) understand the complex relationships among Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout within the hospice and palliative care workforce and 2) explore how key practice characteristics – practice status, professional affiliation, and principal institution – interact with the measured constructs of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout. Design: Self-reported measures of Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout, using validated scales, as well as questions to describe socio-demographic profiles and key practice characteristics were obtained. Setting/participants: A national survey of HPC workers, comprising clinical, administrative, allied health workers and volunteers, was completed. Respondents from hospital, community-based and care homes informed the results of our study ( n = 630). Results: Our results indicate a significant negative correlation between Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout ( r = −0.531, p < 0.001) and between Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue ( r = −0.208, p < 0.001), and a significant positive correlation between Burnout and Compassion Fatigue ( r = 0.532, p < 0.001). Variations in self-reported levels of the above constructs were noted by key practice characteristics. Levels of all three constructs are significantly, but differentially, affected by type of service provided, principal institution, practice status and professional affiliation. Results indicate that health care systems could increase the prevalence of Compassion Satisfaction through both policy and institutional level programs to support HPC professionals in their jurisdictions.

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Authors
Slocum-Gori, S., Hemsworth, D., Chan, W. W., Carson, A., & Kazanjian, A.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada
  • Nipissing University (CA)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Palliative Medicine
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-12-16
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
172-178
ISSN
  • 0269-2163 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-030X
DOI
10.1177/0269216311431311
OpenAlex
W2027351083
Cited by
276
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Palliative Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords
compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout, healthcare workers, volunteers, professional affiliation, institutional type, palliative care professionals
MeSH terms
Burnout, Professional, Empathy, Mental Fatigue, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Palliative Care, Professional Competence, Quality of Life, Hospice Care, Patient Satisfaction

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