A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The aim of this study is to examine compassion fatigue and its sub-dimensions in healthcare professionals on the basis of personal and professional information. The study designed as survey research involved 697 health professionals from a range of professions, mainly nurses, doctors, and midwives....

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Main Authors: Mehmet Akif Çakmak, Tahsin İlhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University 2024-07-01
Series:Uluslararası Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3254166
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description The aim of this study is to examine compassion fatigue and its sub-dimensions in healthcare professionals on the basis of personal and professional information. The study designed as survey research involved 697 health professionals from a range of professions, mainly nurses, doctors, and midwives. The Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale and Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers were used as data collection instruments. The research data were collected through a digitally created questionnaire form. IBM SPSS 25.0 was used for data analysis. Independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Kruskal-Wallis H-test were used to answer the problems put forward in the research questions. It was found that compassion fatigue and its subscale scores differed significantly according to gender, education level, occupation, working time (night shift - day shift), intention to leave the job, perceived workload, and job stress. On the other hand, marital status and length of service did not lead to a significant difference in compassion fatigue and subscale scores. The results were discussed in light of the existing research, and recommendations were presented in the final section as part of the findings.
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spelling doaj-art-94a813b37a394bbcab5fe20fa1e5cc612025-08-20T03:41:12ZengTokat Gaziosmanpasa UniversityUluslararası Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi2148-23142024-07-01122584612https://doi.org/10.46778/goputeb.1325100A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 PandemicMehmet Akif Çakmak0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-2774Tahsin İlhan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5007-5022Ministry of HealthTokat Gaziosmanpaşa UniversityThe aim of this study is to examine compassion fatigue and its sub-dimensions in healthcare professionals on the basis of personal and professional information. The study designed as survey research involved 697 health professionals from a range of professions, mainly nurses, doctors, and midwives. The Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale and Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers were used as data collection instruments. The research data were collected through a digitally created questionnaire form. IBM SPSS 25.0 was used for data analysis. Independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Kruskal-Wallis H-test were used to answer the problems put forward in the research questions. It was found that compassion fatigue and its subscale scores differed significantly according to gender, education level, occupation, working time (night shift - day shift), intention to leave the job, perceived workload, and job stress. On the other hand, marital status and length of service did not lead to a significant difference in compassion fatigue and subscale scores. The results were discussed in light of the existing research, and recommendations were presented in the final section as part of the findings.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3254166covid-19compassion fatigueburnoutsecondary traumatic stresshealthcare workers
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A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Uluslararası Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi
covid-19
compassion fatigue
burnout
secondary traumatic stress
healthcare workers
title A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short A Study on Compassion Fatigue in Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort study on compassion fatigue in health workers during the covid 19 pandemic
topic covid-19
compassion fatigue
burnout
secondary traumatic stress
healthcare workers
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3254166
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