Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurses’ Compassion Fatigue Inventory

Sabery, Mahdieh; Tafreshi, Mansoureh Zagheri; Mohtashami, Jamileh; Ebadi, Abbas

doi:10.1891/1061-3749.25.3.e185

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“…Compassion fatigue (CF) refers to the accumulative negative feelings that may result during continuous exposure to the traumatic and stressful situations (1,2). CF is a state of emotional and physical exhaustion due to the dynamics of a caring relationship with an individual who has suffered from a sudden or severe loss.…”

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WITHDRAWN: Prevention and Management of Compassion Fatigue (CF) in Clinical Nurses: a Qualitative Content Analysis

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Sabery

2020

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BackgroundPrevention and management of compassion fatigue (CF) is one of the most serious issues facing the nursing profession today because CF is a complex phenomenon with many negative and destructive consequences. Given that cultural, religious, and socioeconomic differences can affect nurses’ perception about preventive strategies of CF; this study was conducted to obtain greater understanding about prevention and management strategies of CF among Iranian nurses. MethodsInductive content analysis study was conducted by the method proposed by Elo and Kyngäs. It includes three steps of open coding, creating classes and abstracting it. Purposive sampling was used to select the nurses in Tehran and Kashan (two cities in the center of Iran). Data was gathered by semi-structured interviews from June to October 2020. ResultsThe following two main themes, 5 categories and 13 subcategories were extracted. The labels of themes included "self-care strategies" and "social support strategies ". Self-care strategies consisted of 2 main categories of problem-based strategies and escape/ avoidance strategies. Social support strategies included 3 main categories of family support, organizational support and community support. ConclusionThe results showed that Iranian nurses use self-care strategies and social support strategies to prevent and manage CF; nevertheless, it seemed social support strategies outweighed self-care strategies. As a result, in addition to the importance of family and organizational support, the governmental support is also noticeable, thus, appropriate policy- making and culture-building activities to promote nursing dignity are necessary.

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“…CF increase rates of absenteeism, burnout, turnover, stress, depression, insomnia, nightmares, headaches, gastrointestinal complaints and anxiety disorders. It is associated with a regular decrease in empathy and compassionate care, an increase in clinical errors, and consequently a decline in quality of care (1,5).…”

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WITHDRAWN: Prevention and Management of Compassion Fatigue (CF) in Clinical Nurses: a Qualitative Content Analysis

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2020

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“…Fatigue. A major problem with tools used to assess compassion fatigue is the limitation of addressing multiple variables associated with the phenomenon (Sabery et al, 2017). For instance, several instruments such as the MBI, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale, Connor-Davis Resilience Scale, and Ways of Coping Questionnaire have been used in compassion fatigue research although they only measure a single aspect of compassion fatigue; mainly burnout or stress (Cieslak et al, 2014;.…”

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“…This creates a limitation in utilizing this tool for research. An alternative instrument, The Nurses' Compassion Fatigue Inventory (NCFI; Sabery et al, 2017), offers a more robust assessment of compassion fatigue. The NCFI is a 35-item assessment that uses a five-point Likert scale ranging from one (never) to five (always).…”

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“…All 35 items are added together to form a composite compassion fatigue score, which can range from 35 to 175. The higher the composite compassion fatigue score, the more severe an individual's level of compassion fatigue (Sabery et al, 2017). Sabery et al (2017) further break scores down by three classifications: low (scores ranging from 35 to 81.6), moderate (scores ranging from 81.6 to 128.2) to high (128.2-175).…”

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Burnout or Compassion Fatigue? A Comparative Concept Analysis for Nurses Caring for Patients in High-Stakes Environments

Wynn

2020

Int J Hum Caring

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Burnout and compassion fatigue are two distinct concepts experienced by nurses caring for patients in high-stakes environments. Nurses often do not recognize which concept they are experiencing due to the similarities and interchangeable use of these terms in literature. Nurses in high-stakes settings need to have these concepts further explored as they impact their physical and psychological health. This comparative concept analysis examines these terms using Walker and Avant methodology. Defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, empirical referents, and constructed cases are discussed. This analysis adds to the nursing knowledge needed to support nurses in achieving optimal occupational health and well-being.

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The Relationship Between Compassion Fatigue and Nursing Care Quality in Intensive Care Units

Abedian,

Khoddam,

Kolagari

2023

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

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Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses are repetitively exposed to traumatic situations and stressful events, which can lead to compassion fatigue (CF). Compassion fatigue can negatively affect the nurses' emotional and physical health and job satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between CF and nursing care quality in ICU. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 46 ICU nurses and 138 ICU patients, in 2 referral hospitals in Gorgan, Northeast of Iran in 2020. Participants were selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected using CF and nursing care quality questionnaires. The results of this study showed that most nurses were women (n = 31, 67.4%), with mean age of 28.58 ± 4.80 years. The mean patients' age was 49.22 ± 22.01 years and 87 (63%) of them were male. The severity of CF in most ICU nurses (54.3%) was moderate, with a mean score of 86.21 ± 16.78. Among of the subscales, psychosomatic score was higher than the rest of subscales (0.53 ± 0.26). Nursing care quality was at the optimal level (91.3%) with the mean score of 81.51 ± 9.93. The highest scores of nursing care were related to subscale of medications, intake, and output (0.92 ± 0.23). In this study, there was a weak and inverse relationship between CF and nursing care quality (r = −0.28; P = .058). The results of this study indicate a weak, nonsignificant inverse relationship between CF and nursing care quality in ICU.

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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurses’ Compassion Fatigue Inventory

Abstract: The NCFI has acceptable reliability and validity. It can be easily used by nursing researchers and managers and even hospital nurses.

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WITHDRAWN: Prevention and Management of Compassion Fatigue (CF) in Clinical Nurses: a Qualitative Content Analysis

WITHDRAWN: Prevention and Management of Compassion Fatigue (CF) in Clinical Nurses: a Qualitative Content Analysis

Burnout or Compassion Fatigue? A Comparative Concept Analysis for Nurses Caring for Patients in High-Stakes Environments

The Relationship Between Compassion Fatigue and Nursing Care Quality in Intensive Care Units

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