Development and Validation of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale

Bride, Brian E.; Robinson, Margaret; Yegidis, Bonnie L.; Figley, Charles R.

doi:10.1177/1049731503254106

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“…The STSS fills a need for reliable and valid instruments specifically designed to measure the negative effects of social work practice with traumatized populations. The instrument may be used to undertake empirical investigation into the prevention and amelioration of secondary traumatic stress among social work practitioners (Bride, Robinson, & Charles, 2003). 19 In summary, the literature identified that CF is a serious issue in nursing specifically those working in hospice.…”

Section: Compassion Fatigue Measurementmentioning

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Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Nursing: A Program Development

Carroll¹

2017

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Hospice nursing is an important aspect of health care. Hospice nursing is a specialized field in which patients are cared for at the end of life and an important aspect of healthcare. Because the care hospice nurses provide comes at the end of life, they are continuously exposed to death, dying, pain and suffering. Numerous studies have documented that continuous exposure to trauma, death and dying may result in compassion fatigue (CF). Compassion fatigue can lead to a physical and emotional toll on nurses resulting in low staff satisfaction , high turnover rates, and reduced quality of care. The 1 purpose of the project was to develop and implement an educational program about CF for hospice nursing staff at Care New England Visiting Nurse Association (VNA). First, a comprehensive needs assessment was conducted and then an educational intervention was developed based on those results and the review of the literature. It was hoped that as a result of the program hospice nurses' knowledge and understanding of CF, its signs and symptoms and prevention interventions that might minimize or prevent the effects of CF would be learned. Sixty-seven percent of eligible nurses (n=8) participated in the intervention. The participants were asked to complete a post program survey and evaluating the program positively and strongly agreed that they benefitted from it. All eight participants stated that there knowledge of compassion fatigue and selfcare techniques had improved.

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Section: Compassion Fatigue Measurementmentioning

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Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Nursing: A Program Development

Carroll¹

2017

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“…A Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.92, has been identified by Neff (2003b) along with the following for the subscales; isolation (0.79); self-judgment (0.77); over identification (0.81); self-kindness (0.78); common humanity (0.80); and mindfulness (0.75) [52]. The third section of the questionnaire, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS), is the only instrument that has been designed to assess Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) [36]. The symptoms of STS are virtually identical to those of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and include symptoms of ' Avoidance', 'Intrusion' and ' Arousal' [35].…”

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“…The STSS and SCS scores for each of the participants were calculated and interpreted using the score categories developed by the creators of the two tools [36,52]. The intention was to select from those who had completed the 'expression of interest' form, those participants who typified a particular score in both the STSS and SCS.…”

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“…A tool to measure the presence of Compassion Fatigue has been developed, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) [36].…”

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“…Quantitative data was collected between 29.09.15 to 17.11.15 using a questionnaire pack which included demographic and work-related questions, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) [36], to measure the incidence and levels of Compassion Fatigue (CF), and the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) [52], to measure the incidence and levels of Self-Compassion (SC). To optimise the response rate and to address potential sample recruitment barriers and challenges [71], a number of strategies were implemented, including regular visits to the wards and emails to the nurse ward managers.…”

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An investigation into compassion fatigue and self-compassion in acute medical care hospital nurses: a mixed methods study

Upton

2018

J of Compassionate Health Care

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Background: In the acute medical care hospital setting, nursing the sick and dying is both physically and emotionally demanding, making acute medical care hospital nurses more vulnerable to Compassion Fatigue (CF) or Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS). If not addressed in its earliest stages, CF can adversely change the caregiver's ability to provide compassionate care. It has been shown that Self-Compassion (SC) can be beneficial for the caregiver, with corresponding benefits for the individual needing care. However, the relationship of this attribute to CF in the acute medical care hospital nursing setting has not been intensively studied. This study explores the environmental and psychosocial factors affecting the prevalence and levels of CF in acute medical care hospital nursing staff and whether SC can be used as a coping strategy that enables nurses to mitigate the prevalence and levels of CF. Methods: Using a mixed-methods study design, acute medical care hospital nurses were surveyed using a demographic/ work-related questionnaire, the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (used to measure CF), the Self-Compassion Scale, questions requiring a narrative written response and semi-structured informal interviews. One-way ANOVA was conducted to explore the impact of work-related and demographic characteristics on levels of SC and CF. Pearson correlation co-efficient (r value) was used to explore the relationship between CF and SC and lastly, multiple regression was used to discover whether a predictive relationship existed between SC and CF. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and subjected to thematic analysis.

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