Li Jiaoyue, Wang Fengling, Zhang Xiao, Zhang Hongqiang, Lan Mengfei, Chen Shuya, Su Jiacheng, Yang Li
School of Nursing, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, Shandong Province, China.
Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, Shandong Province, China.
J Clin Nurs. 2025 Jun;34(6):2299-2308. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17435. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
This study explores the link between mindfulness, compassion competence and job burnout among nurses, and analyses the mediating role that compassion competence plays in this relationship.
Understanding nurses' mindfulness, compassion competence and job burnout is important, which could help devise interventions to relieve burnout in clinical nurses.
This study adopts convenience sampling method and descriptive design quantitative research. A cross-sectional study of 513 nurses was conducted from June to October 2023 in mainland China. The Socio-demographic Questionnaire, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey and Compassion Competence Scale for the Nurses were utilised to gather basic demographic information on nurses and to evaluate their level of mindfulness, compassion competence and job burnout. Descriptive statistics, Spearman's correlation analyses and structural equation model were used to analyse the data.
Five hundred and thirteen valid questionnaires were gathered. Spearman's correlation analysis revealed a strong negative link between mindfulness and job burnout, and between compassion competence and burnout, and a significant positive correlation between mindfulness and compassion competence. The results of the mediation analysis revealed that the relationship between mindfulness and job burnout was partially mediated by compassion competence, and the mediating effect accounted for 18.6% of the total effect.
Compassion competence performed as a partial mediator between mindfulness and job burnout among nurses. Nursing managers could enhance nurses' mindfulness level and compassion competence through Mindfulness interventions and Compassion training to reduce their burnout.
This study offers a fresh viewpoint on enhancing clinical nurses' compassion competence and reducing job burnout. Healthcare organisations and medical institutions can mitigate nurses' job burnout by improving their mindfulness levels and compassion competence.
The study used the STROBE checklist for reporting.
All participants were nurses who completed an electronic questionnaire related to this study.
本研究探讨护士的正念、同情能力与职业倦怠之间的联系，并分析同情能力在这种关系中所起的中介作用。
了解护士的正念、同情能力和职业倦怠很重要，这有助于设计干预措施以缓解临床护士的职业倦怠。
本研究采用便利抽样法和描述性设计定量研究。2023年6月至10月在中国内地对513名护士进行了横断面研究。使用社会人口学问卷、正念注意觉知量表、马氏职业倦怠量表-人类服务调查和护士同情能力量表收集护士的基本人口统计学信息，并评估他们的正念水平、同情能力和职业倦怠程度。采用描述性统计、Spearman相关性分析和结构方程模型对数据进行分析。
共收集到513份有效问卷。Spearman相关性分析显示，正念与职业倦怠之间、同情能力与职业倦怠之间存在强烈的负相关，正念与同情能力之间存在显著的正相关。中介分析结果显示，正念与职业倦怠之间的关系部分由同情能力介导，中介效应占总效应的18.6%。
同情能力在护士的正念与职业倦怠之间起部分中介作用。护理管理者可以通过正念干预和同情训练提高护士的正念水平和同情能力，以减少他们的职业倦怠。
本研究为提高临床护士的同情能力和减少职业倦怠提供了新的视角。医疗保健组织和医疗机构可以通过提高护士的正念水平和同情能力来减轻他们的职业倦怠。
本研究使用STROBE清单进行报告。
所有参与者均为完成与本研究相关电子问卷的护士。
