Correlative study on empathy ability,self compassion and compassion fatigue of ICU nurses
Abstract：Objective:To probe into the relationship among empathy ability,self compassion and compassion fatigue in ICU nurses.Methods:A questionnaire survey was conducted among 258 ICU nurses from third grade A hospitals in Tianjin by using Chinese version of Interpersonal Reaction Index Scale,Self-Compassion Scale and Chinese Version of Professional Quality of Life Scale.Results:Pearson correlation analysis showed that:ICU nurses secondary traumatic stress and job burnout were negatively correlated with self-compassion(P＜0.01),job burnout was positively correlated with individual sadness in empathy(P＜0.01),and negatively correlated with perspective taking dimension(P＜0.05).Multiple regression analysis showed that the second traumatic stress was the dependent variable,and the self-compassion was the independent variable,which explained 13.4％ of the variance;when job burnout was used as a variable,self-compassion and individual distress together explained 32.2％ of the variance.Conclusions:Nursing administrators should pay attention to the empathy ability and self compassion level of ICU nurses,and give effective intervention measures to prevent or improve the compassion fatigue of ICU nurses.
Keywords：ICU nursesempathyself-compassioncompassion fatiguejob burnout
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 3244-3248 )