Predictors of compassion satisfaction among healthcare professionals working in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study

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Unjai, Supan
Forster, Elizabeth M
Mitchell, Amy E
Creedy, Debra K
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2023
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Objective: To determine the prevalence of compassion satisfaction, related factors, and predictors among healthcare professionals in Thai intensive care units. Methods: A cross–sectional study was conducted in 12 intensive care units at a university hospital in Thailand from August to November 2022. All nurses and doctors were invited to complete an anonymous online survey which included: the Professional Quality of Life Scale version 5, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Passion Scale, Flourishing Scale, and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regressions were used for data analysis in SPSS 28.0. Results: A total of 178 nurses and doctors participated (92.13% nurses, 89.89% female, mean 32.10 years). Average compassion satisfaction (assessed using the Professional Quality of Life Scale) was moderate, with a mean score of 37.94 (SD = 5.58). The final regression model predicting compassion satisfaction was significant and explained 65% of the variance in compassion satisfaction, F (11, 154) = 26.00, p < 0.001. Four out of 11 predictor variables made unique statistically significant contributions to the final model: resilience (β = 0.48, p < 0.001), harmonious passion (β = 0.24, p < 0.001), being a nurse (not a doctor; β = 0.17, p < 0.05), and holding a postgraduate qualification (β = 0.10, p < 0.05). Conclusion: Most healthcare professionals in critical care units have a moderate level of compassion satisfaction, which is correlated with resilience, flourishing, and harmonious passion. Resilience and harmonious passion predict compassion satisfaction. These factors are modifiable through intervention. Implication for clinical practice: Assessment of staff psychological well-being can identify those at risk for stress and impaired professional quality of life. Resilience and harmonious passion predict compassion satisfaction and can be modified through psychological interventions to promote psychological well-being and professional quality of life in healthcare workers in intensive care units.

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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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79

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Nursing

Compassion satisfaction

Health care professional

Intensive care unit

Passion

Positive psychology

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Unjai, S; Forster, EM; Mitchell, AE; Creedy, DK, Predictors of compassion satisfaction among healthcare professionals working in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2023, 79, pp. 103509

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