Determination of Compassion Fatigue and Work Volition of Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 1008 - 1014, 29.12.2024

Fatma Şahin , Sonay Göktaş , Elif Gezginci Akpınar

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1437417

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the compassion fatigue and work volition of nurses working in the intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 308 nurses working in the COVID-19 intensive care units of the pandemic hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health in the Istanbul province, Turkey, between February and May 2021. Data were obtained using the Personal Characteristics Form, the Compassion Fatigue-Short Scale and the Work Volition Scale. The obtained data were asses with the SPSS 22.0 statistical program.
Results: It was determined that the mean age of the nurses participating in the study was 30.32±10 years; 80.2% were female, and 23.4% had been working for 1-3 years. The compassion fatigue total mean score was 79.91±25.04, while the work volition total mean score average was 50.28±10.65, which was found to be moderate. In the nurses' compassion fatigue sub-dimensions, the mean for occupational burnout was 49.12±15.61, and the secondary trauma mean was 30.78±10.92. A weak positive correlation was found between the nurses' compassion fatigue and work volition total scores (r= 0.235, p<.001).
Conclusion:Overall, this studyfindings indicated that a significant increase in compassion fatigue was associated with increased work volition. The findings suggest that organizational factors affecting nurses' working conditions are important and should not be ignored.

Keywords

Compassion fatigue, COVID-19, Intensive care nurse, Work volition

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by Ethics Committee of Health Sciences University Hamidiye Scientific Research Ethics Committee (Approval date: 25.12.2020, Number:20/523).

Supporting Institution

The authors received no financial support for the research.

Thanks

I would like to thank my nurse colleagues working in intensive care.

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