Reducing the “cost of caring” in animal-care professionals: Social work contribution in a pilot education program to address burnout and compassion fatigue

White, Bridey; Yeung, Polly; Chilvers, B. Louise; O’Donoghue, Kieran

doi:10.1080/10911359.2020.1822249

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“…Women have been shown to build more participation spaces and influence decision-making processes [73], and these experiences may have contributed more from the work engagement to enhance CS. On another note, there was no significant difference between males and females on CF and BO, which aligned with some of the existing research [49,55]. However, this result was also in contrast to much of the research regarding gender differences for these variables [74][75][76].…”

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“…Therefore, it makes sense to avoid the negative effects of compassion fatigue by improving compassion satisfaction and addressing burnout. Some of the recommendations have been made about how to decrease BO, such as lessening workload and avoiding extended working hours, providing psycho-social interventions, debriefing through formalized groups and ensuring professional capacity training to be implemented [49,69,70]. When support opportunities are available, they can help people to develop experience, understanding and resilience to enhance compassion satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Gibson [47] argued that these issues can become an afterthought once the impact has already become apparent and there may not be follow-ups to address these issues before the next incident. Even when information on stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue to animal-care professionals and volunteers are acknowledged, they are historically integrated into health and safety teaching only as a small component [48,49].…”

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confidence: 99%

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What Helps Oiled Wildlife Responders Care for Animals While Minimizing Stress and Compassion Fatigue

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Oil spills are environmental disasters and their long-term impact is not just a concern for the environment and economy, but also for first responders’ health and wellbeing. Wildlife, such as aquatic birds and certain marine mammals, are highly susceptible to physiological effects of oiling, and oiled wildlife responders are crucial to provide measures for their survival. The purpose of this research was to explore the experiences of oiled wildlife responders and what factors and conditions have helped or inhibited the responders to care-affected wildlife. This study collected responses (n = 50) from a survey of responders who attended either the New Zealand MV Rena or US Refugio pipeline oil spills. Study participants were mostly older (>40), highly educated females. We found there were significant differences in compassion satisfaction, resilience, burnout and overall satisfaction based on age, gender and role. While most responders have only attended limited numbers of oil spill incidents, they reported positive experiences and found it rewarding. Findings from responders indicated that to lessen stress and compassion fatigue during an incident, provision of training and support from professional organizations equips responders with knowledge and skills that can support their personal resilience to respond to disaster events.

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What Helps Oiled Wildlife Responders Care for Animals While Minimizing Stress and Compassion Fatigue

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“…Despite a rich literature on CF in service practitioners, however, very limited information is available on effective initiatives to alleviate it ( Cao et al, 2021b ; Khalaila, 2021 ; Salur and Yildirim, 2021 ; White et al, 2021 ; Xie et al, 2021 ; Yeung et al, 2021 ; Yi et al, 2021 ). One potentially promising approach is to strengthen psychological resilience (PR) ( Zhang et al, 2021b ).…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Association Between Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Resilience From 2008 to 2021

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Tang

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AimsA negative association between the lower level of psychological resilience (PR) and increased risk of compassion fatigue (CF) and higher Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stress has been revealed. However, bibliometric studies have not been performed to comprehensively investigate this topic. This study aimed to identify the status and trends in the CF and PR field from 2008 to 2021 and during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsWe identified relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection® database using “resilience” and “compassion fatigue” on September 30, 2021. All search results were exported in plain text format for collaboration network analysis, reference-based co-citation analysis, analysis of journals, and keywords-based co-occurrence analysis, which were performed using Citespace® 5.8.R1.ResultsA total of 388 publications were identified finally, and there has been an increasing trend in the annual number of publications with light fluctuations. The analysis of journals and keywords indicated that nurses and social workers are the main research targets, and their mental problems are the main research topics. The turnover intention of health care providers has been a research focus, particularly during the COVID-19.ConclusionThe results of the present study help us understand the status of the CF and PR field and its recent developments.

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“…Furthermore, the validity of the ProQOL in an animal rescue setting has not been rigorously established. As therapeutic interventions for CF are now being delivered to animal care givers (e.g., Rohlf, 2018; White et al, 2021), a greater understanding of the utility of brief measures like the ProQOL is needed to ensure accurate identification of CF risk in this population. Investigation using a standardized tool such as the ProQOL and qualitative analysis of lived experience could triangulate the phenomenon of CF in animal rescuers.…”

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Does the talk match the numbers? ProQOL and compassion fatigue in animal rescue.

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2023

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Compassion fatigue, which has been conceptualized as the combination of secondary traumatic stress and burnout in a help giving context, is an important yet understudied area of psychological interest in the animal rescue and shelter sector. Most research on compassion fatigue including for animal rescue/shelter workers utilizes a measure called the Professional Quality of Life scale, a questionnaire designed for use with human care-giving professionals. The current study used a mixed-methods analysis to investigate the utility of the ProQOL in assessing levels of compassion fatigue in a sample of Australian animal rescuers (N = 342) reached via online survey. The free text responses of participants with the highest (n = 50) and lowest (n = 50) ProQOL compassion fatigue ratings were analyzed to address the question, "Does the talk match the numbers?"; that is, do the free text responses support quantitative ratings of compassion fatigue?The answers to open-ended questions about the lived experience of animal rescue were assessed for 5 overarching psychological symptoms of compassion fatigue: Arousal, intrusion, avoidance, depressive, and dissociative. A relatively high prevalence of certain compassion fatigue symptoms were found, in particular depressive and dissociative symptoms. This study provides qualified support that the Professional Quality of Life scale tool may be valid for screening for compassion fatigue within an animal rescue population. Areas for further attention, including research and intervention considerations, are discussed.

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Reducing the “cost of caring” in animal-care professionals: Social work contribution in a pilot education program to address burnout and compassion fatigue

Cited by 9 publications

References 81 publications

What Helps Oiled Wildlife Responders Care for Animals While Minimizing Stress and Compassion Fatigue

What Helps Oiled Wildlife Responders Care for Animals While Minimizing Stress and Compassion Fatigue

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Association Between Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Resilience From 2008 to 2021

Does the talk match the numbers? ProQOL and compassion fatigue in animal rescue.

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