Compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress among termination of pregnancy providers in two South African provinces

Abstract

Focusing on compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) among termination of pregnancy (TOP) providers, a cross - sectional study was conducted among these providers in Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa during 2014 and 2015. During 2014 and 2015, a cross-sectional study was conducted among TOP service providers in Gauteng and North West provinces. Consented providers completed a self-administered professional quality of life (PRoQOL) questionnaire, sociodemographic information and possible reasons for working as TOP providers. STATA 13 was used for data analysis. We recruited 105 TOP providers, obtaining 98% response rate. Participants mean age was 43.4 (standard deviation [SD] = 8.7), majority were nurses (70.9%), female (82%), married (47.6%) and 63% were working in hospitals. The overall mean score for compassion satisfaction was high at 42 (SD 5.5). Predictors of compassion satisfaction were finding work stimulating, belief in making a difference, enjoying relationships with other nurses and years of TOP service (P < 0.05). Province and gender were significant, with significant interaction. Burnout mean scores were average at 33 (SD = 4.0), with belief in helping women to make informed choices a marginally significant predictor of burnout. The overall STS mean score was average with a mean of 23 (SD = 6.8). Significant predictors of STS scores were finding work stimulating, belief in women's rights, belief in allowing informed choices, age and gender. Health policy makers and managers should endeavor to provide employee assistance programs that enhance compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout and STS among TOP providers.

Prevalence, Related Factors, and Levels of Burnout Syndrome Among Nurses Working in Gynecology and Obstetrics Services: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…About the total score for burnout syndrome, one study [36] reported medium levels, but two others [30,37] recorded low levels among gynecology and obstetrics nurses, with total mean scores of 29.9 and 6.19, respectively. The prevalence of burnout reported in these studies was 0.55% [28], 6.52% [34], 13.1% [33], and 21.4% [25].…”

“…The poor organization was related to higher levels of EE and D [25,28]. Another study [29] concluded that this problem results, fundamentally, in lower PA, while another found that low job satisfaction [36] is a major problem in this respect. Moreover, the gynecology and obstetrics service was reported to be among the units presenting the highest dropout rate in the nursing profession [30].…”

“…Some authors [25,32,36] studied the relationship between burnout and the intrinsic characteristics of the work performed in this unit, such as the high degree of involvement by the parents, death, perinatal grief, or participation in a large number of live births or abortions; in the latter respect, the greater the number of first-trimester abortions performed, the greater the risk of burnout, with falling levels of PA, in particular [31].…”

Peri̇natal Alanda Çalişan Sağlik Bakim Profesyonelleri̇nde Şefkat Yorgunluğu: Bakimin Bedeli̇

“…Afrika'da yapılan bir çalışmada çoğunluğu hemşirelerden oluşan perinatoloji alanında çalışan sağlık bakım profesyonelleri arasında meslektaşlarıyla ilişkilerinden memnun ve uzman hemşirelerin şefkat memnuniyeti yüksek bulunmuştur. Aynı çalışmada sağlık bakım profesyonellerinde orta düzeyde tükenmişlik ve ikincil travmatik sendrom saptanmıştır (27). Avustralya'da fetal anomali riski taşıyan çiftlerle çalışan sağlık bakım profesyonellerinin çoğu iş çevresinin kendilerini, günlük yaşamlarını olumsuz etkilediğini, hasta sonuçları üzerinde kabus gördüklerini ve uykuya dalmakta zorlandıklarını bildirmişlerdir.…”

Temperament and professional quality of life among Japanese nurses

“…ProQOL involves aspects of individual personal character, exposure to primary and secondary trauma in work settings and aspects of work environment (Stamm, ). Previous studies have been conducted in various work settings, including emergency departments and facilities for cancer nursing, psychiatric nursing, paediatric nursing, geriatric nursing and induced abortion care, which have helped our understanding of nurses’ ProQOL as a combination of associations between work environment and personal character (Galiana, Arena, Oliver, Sansó, & Benito, ; Kolthoff & Hickman, ; Mangoulia, Koukia, Alevizopoulos, Fildissis, & Katostaras, ; Mooney et al, ; Roney & Acri, ; Teffo, Levin, & Rispel, ; Wu, Singh‐Carlson, Odell, Reynolds, & Su, ). However, these studies did not focus on associations between ProQOL and the nurses’ own innate temperament.…”