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. 2021 Sep 30;9(1):44–56. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1070

TABLE 3.

Factors associated with compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress

Study Compassion satisfaction Burnout Secondary traumatic stress
1. (Jarrad & Hammad, 2020)

Number of dependents: = −2.30, p < .05

Sleep hours = 0.212, p < .05

Days off: = .228, p < .05

Appetite: r = 179, p < .05

2. (Jang et al., 2016)

Age F = 7.198, p <.001

Marital status: t = 11.102, p =.001

Educational level: F = 22.415, p <.001

Position: F = 25.350, p < .001

Year of Experience: F = 7.011, p < .001

Individual organization fit: F = 79.399, p < .001

Turnover intention: t = 17.808, p < .001

Age: F = 5.070, p = .002

Marital Status: t = 8.857, p = .003

Educational level: F = 11.246, p <.001

Position: F = 24.263, p <.001

Years of Experience: F = 3.634, p = .013

Individual organization fit: F = 47.936, p < .001

Turnover intention: t = 19.743, p < .001

Educational level: F = 3.189, p = .043

Position: F = 10.920, p = .001

Individual organization fit: F = 5.417, p = .021

3. (Wu et al., 2016)

Educational level: X 2=6.871, p = .032

(US)

Cohesive teamwork environment:

X 2 = 10.51, p = .005

Work more hours and experience 3 or more patients’ deaths

X 2 =8.042, p = .045

Depression or headache: X2=13.659, p = .000 (US)

Stressors related personal finance: X2=27.334, p = .000 (US), X2=8.646, p = .003 (CA)

Encounter traumatic death: X2=7.894, p = .005

Sacrifices personal and psychological needs: X2=31.541, p = .000(US), X2=15.047, p = .003 (CA)

Cohesive teamwork environment: X2=12.928, p = .002

Age: X2=8.094, p = .017 (US)

Educational level: X2=6.871, p = .032

Years of experience: X2=6.117, p = .047(US)

Depression and headache: X2=9.969, p = .002 (US)

Stressors related personal finance: X2=38.198, p = .000 (US), X2=13.542, p = .000 (CA)

Encounter traumatic death: X2=3.887, p = .049

Sacrifices personal and psychological needs: X2=45.276, p = .000 (US), X2=9.27, p = .002 (CA)

Cohesive teamwork environment X2=10.546, p = .005

4.

(Yu et al., 2016)

Empathy: b = 0.209, p = .000

Social support: b = 0.176, p = .000

Personality traits (5 variables)

Coping Style: b = 0.370, p = .000(Active)

b = −0.145, p = .015(passive)

Setting: T=−2.032, p = .043

Empathy: b=−0.094, p = .000

Social support: b=−0.111, p = .000

Personality traits (5 variables)

Coping Style: b=−0.126, p = .000 (Active)

b = 0.287, p = .000 (passive)

Setting: T=−3.101, p =.002

Empathy: b = 0.209, p =.000

Social support: b = 0.209, p = .000

Personality traits (5 variables)

Coping Style: b = 0.260, p = .000(Passive)

5.

(J. Duarte & Pinto‐Gouveia, 2017)

Age: r = .19, p < .05

Year of experience: r = .1, p < .05

Perspective taking: r = 0.31, p < .05

Empathetic concerns: r = .38, p < .05

Personal distress: = −0.29, p <.05

Self‐compassion: r = .35, p < .05

Psychological inflexibility: r = .22, p < .05

Age: = −.14, p < .05

Years of experience r = .19, p < .05

Perspective taking: r = .15, p < .01

Personal distress: r = .21, p < .05

Self‐compassion: r = −.51, p < .05

Psychological inflexibility: r = .47, p < .05

Years of experience: r = .14, p < .05

Empathetic concerns: r = .18, p < .01

Self‐compassion: r = −0.24, p < .05

Psychological inflexibility: r = .36, p < .05

6. (Al‐Majid et al., 2018) Position: = .006
7.

(Arimon‐Pages et al., 2019)

Transfer to another unit

OR (95%CI) = 3.1(1.4–6.6)

Choose nursing profession again

OR (95%CI) = 3.1(1.4–6.6)

Transfer to another unit

OR (95%CI) = 3.7(1.9–7.5)

Transfer to another unit

OR (95%CI) = 3.2 (1.9–5.3)

8.

(Wells‐English et al., 2019)

Turnover intention: r = −0.602, p < .01 Turnover intention: r = −.732, p < .01 Turnover intention: = −0.291, p < .01

Abbreviations: b, beta coefficient (predictor); F, one‐way analysis of variance; OR, odd ratio; P, significant level; r, person correlation; t, t test; X 2, chi‐square.