Influence of psychological resilience on compassion fatigue in nurses in the operating room: a cross-sectional study in China

作者：Cong Fu, Ying Wang, Xiaopan Shi, Yang Wang, Weihua Liu, Gaijing Wang · 发表于：BMC Nursing · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1186/s12912-025-02728-3 · 被引用次数：12 · 研究领域：Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Nursing education and management、Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the current state of compassion fatigue among operating room nurses, analyze the factors influencing compassion fatigue (particularly psychological resilience), and provide a basis for developing a compassion fatigue intervention program for operating room nursing managers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in February 2022. A total of 258 operating room nurses were surveyed using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale and the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA). The ProQOL demonstrated internal consistency reliability, with Cronbach's α values ranging from 0.75 to 0.88 across its three subscales. The Cronbach's α coefficient for the RSA was 0.91. RESULTS: Scores on various dimensions of compassion fatigue among operating room nurses were as follows: the total score was 84.07 (standard deviation [SD] = 7.74), with a mean score of 28.02. 92 nurses (35.5%) had no compassion fatigue or only mild compassion fatigue, whereas 166 nurses (64.3%) experienced moderate or greater compassion fatigue. The total score for psychological resilience was 112.9 (SD = 6.47), with a mean score of 18.82. Factors influencing compassion fatigue included the relationship between labor and personnel, the number of night shifts per week, and mental resilience. The differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Compassion fatigue among nurses in the operating room is severe and is mainly influenced by factors such as night shift work,...