Nurses’ self-compassion and professional quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Nurses’ self-compassion and professional quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

burn out; compassion satisfaction; COVID-19; nurse; secondary
traumatic stress; self-compassion

Background: Self-compassion enables nurses to understand, know,
and love themselves when faced with challenges, specifically during the
COVID-19 pandemic. It will decrease compassion fatigue and raises
compassion satisfaction.
Purpose: This study aimed to test how nurses’ self-compassion related
to their professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and
secondary traumatic stress) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Methods: This was a quantitative correlational study which recruited 234
nurses from all over Indonesia using convenience sampling technique. To
collect data, an online survey was administered. Descriptive statistics and
the Spearman rank test were used to analyze the collected data.
Results: Self-compassion and compassion satisfaction have been found
to have significant relationships (p=0.718), likewise self-compassion and
burnout (p=0.726), and self-compassion and secondary traumatic stress
(p=0.516).
Conclusions: Self-compassion increases compassion satisfaction. When
nurses care for themselves, compassion fatigue (burnout and secondary
traumatic stress) will be reduced, and vice versa. Self-awareness is required
for nurses to cultivate self-compassion by focusing on and accepting each
live event without regret.

Juniarta Juniarta1,4* , Idem Suarni Gea1, Wahyu Shisilia Lalenoh1,
Yunira Elsa Vinolita Tatontos1, Novita Susilawati Barus1

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August 01, 2023

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