Status and influencing factors of empathy fatigue among ICU nurses
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20220318-01289
- VernacularTitle:ICU护理人员共情疲劳现状及影响因素分析
- Author:
Jie YANG
1
;
Jiangang WANG
;
Xisheng ZHENG
Author Information
1. 南阳市中心医院综合ICU，南阳 473000
- Keywords:
Intensive Care Unit;
Nurses;
Empathy fatigue;
Work-related quality of life;
Social support
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2022;28(22):3025-3028
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the status of empathy fatigue among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:In May 2021, convenience sampling was used to select 300 ICU nurses from 11 Class Ⅱ hospitals and 5 Class Ⅲ hospitals in Nanyang as the research object. Nurses were surveyed using the General Information Questionnaire, Chinese version of Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale, the second version of the Nurse Work-related Quality of Life Scale, and the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) . Pearson correlation was used to explore the relationship between empathy fatigue and other variables. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed, and 292 valid questionnaires were recovered, with a valid recovery rate of 97.33% (292/300) .Results:Among 292 ICU nurses, the Chinese version of the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale was scored as (48.37±10.21) . Univariate analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences in the scores of the Chinese version of the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale for ICU nurses with different educational backgrounds, marital status, average annual leave days, employment nature, and monthly night shift days ( P<0.05) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that the second version of Nurse Work-related Quality of Life Scale total score was negatively correlated with the total score of the Chinese version of the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale ( P<0.05) . The total score of PSSS and the scores of each dimension were negatively correlated with the total score of the Chinese version of the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:ICU nurses have high levels of empathy fatigue. Empathy fatigue was related to work-related quality of life and perceived social support among ICU nurses, and was affected by the nurses' educational background, marital status, average annual leave days, employment nature, and monthly night shift days. Nursing managers should carry out individualized preventive measures according to the influencing factors of empathy fatigue, improve the work-related quality of life of ICU nurses, and help them establish an effective social support system, thereby reducing the level of empathy fatigue of ICU nurses.
