Compassion Satisfaction, Fatigue, and Burnout among Registered Nurses at Public Hospitals in Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

Introduction: A nurse is a person who is trained to give care to people who are sick or injured. Nurses work with doctors and other healthcare workers to make patients well and to keep them fit and healthy. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of compassion satisfaction, fatigue, and Burnout among public nurses at different clinical departments of hospitals. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study in which a convenient sampling approach was used among 94 nurses working in the cardiac ICU, neonatal ICU, pediatric ICU, and medical ICU. Approval was obtained from the medical superintendents of different hospitals. Data was collected between January and February 2025 using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQol) scale version 5. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to identify the significant difference between compassion satisfaction, fatigue, and burn out among different clinical departments. Results: This study sample comprises 54.2% female and 45.7% male. The proportions of the average level of compassion satisfaction, fatigue, and burnout were 56.3%, 62.7%, and 69.1%, respectively. ANOVA confirmed that the mean compassion satisfaction and fatigue scores differed significantly among four clinical departments (p=0.012 and 0.002, respectively). Conclusion: Overall, study participants showed average levels of compassion, Satisfaction, fatigue, and burnout among the participants. The significant mean differences between CS and CF were seen among all the selected participants.