Fear and Coping with Death in Intensive Care Nurses: a Structural Model Predictor of Compassion Fatigue.
Invest Educ Enferm
; 41(1)2023 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-37071867
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the effect of fear and coping with death on compassion fatigue in nurses working in the intensive care unit.METHODS:
Correlational-predictive design, applied in 245 nurses working in the intensive care unit through intentional sampling. The study applied a personal data card, the Collet-Lester Fear of Death Scale (α=0.72), the Bugen Fell of Death Scale (α=0.82), and the Empathy Exhaustion Scale (α=0.80). Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed, such as Spearman's test and a structural equation model.RESULTS:
The work had 255 nurses who participated, finding a relationship among fear and coping toward death and compassion fatigue (p<0.01), together with the equation model showing that fear and coping toward death have a positive effect in 43.6% on compassion fatigue.CONCLUSIONS:
Fear and coping with death have an effect on compassion fatigue in nurses working in the intensive care unit, so that when working in a critical area it can cause health effects.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Esgotamento Profissional
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Fadiga de Compaixão
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Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros
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Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem Hospitalar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Invest Educ Enferm
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article