Mediating Effect of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Satisfaction on the Association Between Stress and Burnout: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study

Abstract

BackgroundNurses’ burnout is a public health epidemic around the world that adversely affects nurses’ quality of life as well as the patient's outcomes. In this study, we aim to test a hypothetical path model evaluating the influence of stress on nurse's burnout and to identify the mediating effects of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and compassion satisfaction (CS) among clinical nurses in South Korea. MethodsA quantitative, cross-sectional study evaluated the survey data from 10,305 female registered nurses who participated in the Korea Nurses’ Health Study (KNHS) Module 5. The survey included a demographic questionnaire and the Professional Quality of Life version 5 (ProQOL 5). Bootstrap analyses (using the PROCESS macro) was employed to evaluate the mediating effect between variables. ResultsStress was significantly associated with burnout and mediated by STS and CS. In addition, the magnitude of the indirect effects of CS was significantly greater than the magnitude of the indirect effects of STS. The findings of this study showed the positive aspect (CS) of work experiences might offset the negative aspects (STS), consequently reducing the burnout level. ConclusionsOur study findings suggest that a multidimensional approach to assessing nurse burnout and implementing proper management will help to improve quality of life for nurses and help maintain positive attitudes and quality of patient care.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Burnout Owing to Perfectionism in Elite Athletes Based on the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS) and Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ)

“…The MPS and ABQ were selected for moderator analyses related to the sub-factors because they were the most popular of all perfectionism and burnout scales. Of the total 14 articles used, 11 articles used both the MPS and the ABQ, 1 article used the PPS-S [41] derived from the MPS (e.g., Olsson et al [25]), and 2 articles used the MBI with the same sub-variables as the ABQ [37,38].…”

“…Kim (2016) [28] (Individual, team) 164 male athletes from one university in Korea Correlation (r) MPS [5] MBI [22] Article Zhang (2021) [27] (Individual) 676 male and female tennis players aged 19 and above in Korea and China Correlation (r) MPS [5] ABQ [22] Dissertation Oh (2020) [37] (Individual) 268 male and female athletes registered in the Boxing Association of Korea in 2019 Correlation (r) MPS [5] ABQ [17] Dissertation Lee (2020) [38] (Individual) 302 male and female dancers in Korea Correlation (r) MPS [5] ABQ [17] Dissertation…”

“…Forest plot of the total data.Figure 2. Forest plot of the total data[12,[23][24][25]27,28,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38].…”