Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA.
J Burn Care Res. 2024 Aug 6;45(4):836-842. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irae037.
Recovery from a severe burn injury requires early and aggressive therapy, which is often painful and distressing to the patient. Burn therapists who guide these interventions may be prone to experiencing secondary trauma and compassion fatigue through repeated exposure to difficult situations. At the same time, therapists may gain a sense of purpose and altruism from their work, fostering compassion satisfaction. Despite being well documented in other health professions, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction have not been sufficiently explored among burn therapists. This study aimed to quantify and characterize burn therapists' compassion fatigue and satisfaction using the Professional Quality of Life scale and to answer the question of what job-related factors may impact these outcomes. A total of 143 burn therapists participated in this study. Results revealed compassion fatigue subsale scores of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in the low or moderate range and compassion satisfaction scores in the moderate or high ranges for all participants. This study presents new knowledge for the field of burn care in its quantification of professional quality of life in burn therapists. While burn therapists experienced moderate-to-high levels of compassion satisfaction in their work, burnout and stress also approached moderate levels. Years of practice was a significant predictor of compassion. Although the reasons for this are not clear, it may be related to increased competence or confidence in practice and may suggest a need for different support strategies for practitioners at each stage of their burn therapy career.
严重烧伤的康复需要早期和积极的治疗，这对患者来说往往是痛苦和痛苦的。指导这些干预措施的烧伤治疗师可能会因反复接触困难情况而容易经历二次创伤和同情疲劳。与此同时，治疗师可能会从工作中获得使命感和利他主义，培养同情心满足感。尽管在其他健康专业中已有充分记录，但烧伤治疗师中的同情疲劳和同情满足感尚未得到充分探索。本研究旨在使用职业素质量表量化和描述烧伤治疗师的同情疲劳和满足感，并回答哪些与工作相关的因素可能会影响这些结果。共有 143 名烧伤治疗师参与了这项研究。结果表明，所有参与者的倦怠和二次创伤压力的同情疲劳子量表得分以及同情满足子量表得分均处于低或中范围，而处于中或高范围。这项研究为烧伤护理领域提供了新的知识，其对烧伤治疗师的职业素质进行了量化。虽然烧伤治疗师在工作中体验到了中到高度的同情满足感，但倦怠和压力也接近中度水平。实践年限是同情的一个重要预测因素。尽管原因尚不清楚，但这可能与实践中的能力或信心增强有关，并且可能表明需要为烧伤治疗师职业生涯的每个阶段的从业者制定不同的支持策略。
