Current status and influencing factors of vicarious traumatization in pre-hospital emergency nurses
YANG Ming
CHEN Ouy⁃ing
YANG Hongxiu
LI Fang
SUN Luoying
ZHOU Qibing
YANG Siyuan
ZHANG Qian
TIAN Xinyi
TAN Ting
Abstract：Objective To investigate the current status of vicarious traumatization in pre-hospital emergency nurses,and analyze the influencing factors to provide reference for the formulation of vicarious traumatization recovery program for pre-hospital emergency nurses.Methods A total of 197 pre-hospital emergency nurses in Changsha Province were investigated by the General information questionnaire,Disaster Rescuer's Vicarious Trauma Questionnaire,Jefferson Scale of Empathy,Chinese version of Nurses'Moral Distress Scale,Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory Brief Version and Chinese version of Hospital Magnetic Elements Scale.Results The total score of disaster rescuer's vicarious traumatization was(89.79±22.06).The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that whether they had experienced pa⁃tient death,working hours,had received trauma-related training,empathy,moral dilemma,personality characteristics and working environment were the factors affecting the occurrence of alternative traumatization in pre-hospital emergency nurses(P<0.05).Conclusion Pre⁃hospital emergency nurses have a high incidence of vicarious traumatization.Managers should formulate intervention measures according to the influen⁃cing factors,such as whether they have experienced patient death,working hours,received traumatization-related training,empathy,moral di⁃lemma,personality characteristics and working environment,which affected the occurrence of alternative traumatization.
Keywords：pre-hospital emergency carenursevicarious traumatizationempathymoral dilemmapersonality characteristicsworking environment
Publication Date：2024-10-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 849-854 )