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Table 4 Associations between (categorical) indicators of quality of working life and compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfactiona

From: How are compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction affected by quality of working life? Findings from a survey of mental health staff in Italy

  

Compassion fatigue

Burnout

Compassion satisfaction

N (%)

Mean (SEM)

Chi-square (p-value)

Mean (SEM)

Chi-square (p-value)

Mean (SEM)

Chi-square (p-value)

Attended training events in the past 24 months

 Yes

387 (97.2)

14.4 (0.2)

0.1 (0.753)

22.8 (0.2)

<0.001 (0.987)

32.7 (0.4)

0.8 (0.370)

 No

11 (2.8)

14.7 (1.4)

23.3 (2.0)

29.4 (2.4)

Perceived need of training

 Yes

372 (93.2)

14.4 (0.2)

0.005 (0.942)

22.9 (0.2)

0.02 (0.878)

32.9 (0.4)

5.1 (0.024)

 No

27 (6.8)

14.3 (0.8)

23.0 (1.1)

28.9 (1.7)

Perceived risks for the future

 No risks

36 (9.0)

12.7 (0.4)

6.9 (0.032)

20.5 (0.5)

13.9 (0.001)

36.0 (0.8)

10.0 (0.007)

 Some risks

182 (45.7)

14.4 (0.3)

22.7 (0.3)

32.3 (0.5)

 Many risks

180 (45.2)

14.7 (0.3)

23.5 (0.4)

32.4 (0.6)

Opinion of current salary

 Insufficient

89 (22.1)

13.9 (0.4)

3.1 (0.209)

23.8 (0.5)

9.2 (0.010)

31.3 (0.8)

5.9 (0.052)

 Sufficient

216 (54.1)

14.7 (0.3)

23.1 (0.3)

33.0 (0.5)

 Good

95 (23.8)

14.2 (0.4)

21.6 (0.4)

33.3 (0.6)

  1. aSignificance assessed by Kruskal-Wallis test. Bold indicates effect size with statistical significance