Bhutani Jaikrit, Bhutani Sukriti, Balhara Yatan Pal Singh, Kalra Sanjay
3 Year Medical Student, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2012 Oct;34(4):332-7. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.108206.
Compassion fatigue is a broad term comprising of two components - burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The current study is aimed at identifying 'burnout' and 'compassion fatigue' among clinicians involved in care of individuals suffering from medical illness.
A total of 60 clinicians were included in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to gather information related to personal, professional, anthropometric, and metabolic profile of the study participants. Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQoL Version V) was used to assess burnout, compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic stress. Analysis was carried out using the SPSS version 19.0.
The mean age of clinicians was 46.68±11.06 (range 26-67 years). Burnout score was significantly higher in those involved in diabetology practice. Similarly, compassion satisfaction score was greater among those with greater years of practice as well as among those in private practice. Clinicians who reported a poor working condition, as opposed to good, had more burnout and less compassion satisfaction.
The current study suggests that it is important to find out ways of decreasing burnout and compassion fatigue among clinicians.
同情疲劳是一个广义的术语,由两个部分组成——职业倦怠和继发性创伤压力。当前的研究旨在识别参与照料患有内科疾病患者的临床医生中的“职业倦怠”和“同情疲劳”。
本研究共纳入60名临床医生。采用半结构化问卷收集研究参与者的个人、专业、人体测量学和代谢特征等相关信息。使用职业生活质量量表(第五版ProQoL)评估职业倦怠、同情满足感和继发性创伤压力。采用SPSS 19.0版进行分析。
临床医生的平均年龄为46.68±11.06岁(范围26 - 67岁)。从事糖尿病治疗工作的医生职业倦怠得分显著更高。同样,从业年限较长以及从事私人执业的医生同情满足感得分更高。报告工作条件差(与良好相对)的临床医生职业倦怠更多,同情满足感更少。
当前研究表明,找出降低临床医生职业倦怠和同情疲劳的方法很重要。