Study on the changing trend and influencing factors of empathy fatigue in nursing interns
Objective To investigate the change trend of compassion fatigue in nursing intern during the different nursing internship stages,and to probe into its influence factors.Methods A total of 127 nursing interns in an under-graduate college in Hubei province from July 2021 to April 2022 were selected as the research objects by using a pro-spective longitudinal study,and the general information questionnaire,the Chinese version of Compassion Short Fa-tigue Scale,and Perceived Social Support Scale were conducted to investigate them at the early,middle,and late sta-ges of internship.Results The compassion fatigue of nursing intern was aggravating evidently with the boost of in-ternship,and the early,middle,and late stage's score were(24.01±11.47)points,(28.55±15.08)points,and(31.07±16.07)points,respectively.Compared with the earlier ones,the differences at the others times were all significant(tmiddle stage=-3.873,tlate stage=-5.582,all P＜0.001).There difference of nursing interns'perceived so-cial support from early stage to middle stage were not obvious.The downtrend of late stage was obvious,and the score was(55.53±12.01)points,and compared with the early stage,the difference was statistically significant(t=5.981,P＜0.001).The result of repeated measurement analysis of variance showed that there were statistically sig-nificant differences in compassion fatigue and social support among nursing interns at different internship stages of practice(Fcompassion fatigue=17.469,Fperceived social support=25.154,both P＜0.001).Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the overall level of perceived social support had an impact on the degree of compassion fatigue in the ear-ly and late stage of the internship(Fearly phase=13.250,Flater period=13.967,both P＜0.001).In the middle of the in-ternship,the influence of exogenous family support was more obvious(F=8.860,P=0.004).Conclusion The com-passion fatigue of nursing interns increases with the passage of time.Colleges and universities,internship units,and families should construct an effective intervention program,reduce the level of compassion fatigue,enhance positive empathy,and promote their physical and mental health,so as to reduce the loss of nursing talent and keep the main-tenance of nursing team.
nursing interncompassion fatiguevariation trendinfluencing factorslongitudinal study
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