Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction among Turkish Emergency Medicine Residents Using the Professional Quality of Life Scale.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Emergency medicine (EM) residents are 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.
Volume
15
Issue
2
First Page
77
Last Page
82
ISSN
0974-2700
Published In/Presented At
Campbell, J., Wasey, A., Ozuturan, I. U., & Jeanmonod, R. (2022). Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction among Turkish Emergency Medicine Residents Using the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock, 15(2), 77–82. https://doi.org/10.4103/jets.jets_62_21
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
35910322
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Article