Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Health Care Professionals: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compassion fatigue and burnout among health care professionals are growing concerns, impacting the well-being of both providers and patients.

Objective

This scoping review aims to map existing evidence on the levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress among health care professionals while identifying factors influencing their professional quality of life.

Methods

We will conduct a scoping review using established methods proposed by Arksey and O'Malley and Levac et al, also incorporating the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute for scoping reviews and reporting guidelines. EMBASE, ERIC, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science will be searched from March 2019 to March 2024, with an update closer to the tim

SUBMITTER: Capobianco Dos Santos CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329385 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature