Compassion and decision fatigue among healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in a Colombian sample.

ABSTRACT: Being compassionate and empathic while making rational decisions is expected from healthcare workers across different contexts. But the daily challenges that these workers face, aggravated by the recent COVID-19 crisis, can give rise to compassion and decision fatigue, which affects not only their ability to meet these expectations but has a significant negative impact on their wellbeing. Hence, it is vital to identify factors associated to their exhaustion. Here, we sought to describe levels of compassion and decision fatigue during the pandemic, and to identify factors related to these forms of exhaustion. We collected data using self-reported questionnaires to measure compassion fatigue, decision fatigue, and grit in five intervals from April to November, 2020 (N = 856). Our results sho

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Miranda G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038311 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature