Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction among Turkish Emergency Medicine Residents Using the Professional Quality of Life Scale

Campbell J., Wasey A., Ozuturan İ. U., Jeanmonod R.

JOURNAL OF EMERGENCIES TRAUMA AND SHOCK, cilt.15, sa.2, ss.77-82, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/jets.jets_62_21
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EMERGENCIES TRAUMA AND SHOCK
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-82
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Compassion fatigue, emergency medicine, professional burnout, quality of life, secondary trauma, BURNOUT, PHYSICIANS, PREVALENCE, STRESS
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Emergency medicine (EM) residents arc at high risk for burnout syndrome. The professional quality of life scale (ProQOL) is a validated survey that measures compassion satisfaction (CS) and compassion fatigue, which is comprised of burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) scales. This study sought to evaluate CS and fatigue among Turkish EM residents using the ProQOL survey. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of Turkish EM residents who are part of the EM Residency Association of Turkey. The ProQOL survey version 5 was E-mailed in Turkish to all 150 EM residents. Participants were currently employed as EM residents. Demographics and satisfaction with quality of life were also collected. Results: Eighty residents completed the survey. Almost half of the respondents were either very dissatisfied or dissatisfied with their overall quality of life. Turkish EM residents not only had moderate levels of CS (scoring 33.9 +/- 7.9), but also suffered moderate burnout (27.0 +/- 5.9) and STS (24.7 +/- 5.3). Conclusions: Turkish EM residents have moderate levels of CS and moderate levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress.