Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are highly vulnerable to compassion fatigue (CF), which not only leads to decreased mental and physical health, but also to deterioration in the safety of care delivered. Our study aims to measure compassion satisfaction (CS), CF levels and their predictors among Tunisian HCWs.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among HCWs caring for confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients, staff at two university hospitals in Sousse, Tunisia during the 4thwave of coronavirus through a self-administrated Questionnaire, using the French version of the Professional Quality of Life scale ProQol, version 5.

Results

A total of 274 professionals were recruited with a mean age of 32.87±8.35 years. HCWs tend to have an overall moderate levels o

SUBMITTER: Omri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9612510 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature