Levels of vocational satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue of health professionals working in pediatric clinics

Table 1 Distribution of health professionals by sociodemographic characteristics (n = 128)

Features	n	%
Age, mean ± SD (min–max)	31.54 ± 9.123 (19.0–64.0)
Gender
Male	20	15.6
Female	108	84.4
Profession
Doctor	26	20.3
Nurse	83	64.8
Midwife	19	14.8
Marital status
The married	79	61.7
Single	49	38.3
Having children
No	68	53.1
1	29	22.7
2	25	19.5
≥ 3	6	4.7

Table 2 Distribution of healthcare professionals by work features (n = 128)

Features	n	%
Working time in child health and disease
< 1 yr	32	25.0
1–2 yr	10	7.8
3–5 yr	45	35.2
≥ 6 yr	41	32.0
How did she/he settle in the clinic where she worked?
By myself	37	28.9
My profession	18	14.1
By administration	73	57.0
How it works
Continuous day	22	17.2
Seizure	100	78.1
Othera	6	4.7
Hospital worked
Public hospital	113	88.3
Private hospital	15	11.7
Overtime work in the last 6 mo
Yes	109	85.2
No	19	14.8
Satisfaction with working conditions
Yes	14	10.9
No	52	40.6
Partially	62	48.4
Reasons for dissatisfaction
Communication problems in the working environment	31	24.2
Inadequate social facilities	40	31.3
Incompatibility of physical conditions in the environment	27	21.1
Economic shortcomings	15	11.7
Failure to rise on duty	1	0.8
Other	14	10.9
Confrontation with child death in the clinic working in the last 6 mo
Yes	66	51.6
No	62	48.4
Weekly average hours of operation mean ± SD (min–max)	51.80 ± 11.918 (32.0–120.0)

^aIn some clinics, they work with an 8-h shift system or 08:00-00:00 and 16:00-00:00 h.

Table 3 Effects of health professionals participating in this research when they come against child deaths in the last six months (n = 42)

Features	n	%
Positive effects
Gaining experience in intervention	8	19.04
Getting used to death	2	4.76
Negative effects
Emotional (sadness, pain, grief)	28	66.6
Decreasing from professional motivation	4	9.52
Affected times
< 1 d	10	23.80
1–3 d	18	42.85
3–10 d	5	11.90
> 10 d	9	21.42

Table 4 Distribution of the scores of health professionals scored from quality of life scale for employees sub-dimensions (n = 128)

Features of health professionals	QoLSE vocational satisfaction sub-dimension		QoLSE burnout sub-dimension		QoLSE mercy fatigue sub-dimension
	mean ± SD	Med (min–max)	mean ± SD	Med (min–max)	mean ± SD	Med (min-max)
Gender
Female	34.86 ± 9.0	35.0 (9.0-50.0)	17.58 ± 6.23	17.50 (2.0-36.0)	15.50 ± 6.86	14.0 (0.0-40.0)
Male	26.45 ± 10.91	25.50 (8.0-49.0)	23.10 ± 6.70	24.50 (9.0-36.0)	15.45 ± 6.93	15.0 (3.0-31.0)
P valuea	0.001		0.001		0.911
Profession
Doctor	28.76 ± 9.30	29.0 (9.0-49.0)	23.50 ± 5.65	24.50 (9.0-36.0)	18.65 ± 7.23	17.0 (8.0-40.0)
Nurse	34.53 ± 9.53	36.0 (8.0-50.0)	17.20 ± 6.25	17.0 (2.0-36.0)	14.39 ± 6.63	13.0 (0.0-37.0)
Midwife	35.78 ± 9.86	36.0 (8.0-50.0)	16.94 ± 6.02	17.0 (7.0-26.0)	15.94 ± 6.15	16.0 (5.0-27.0)
P valueb	0.014		0.000		0.020
Education status
Medical career high school	38.33 ± 9.55	40.0 (17.0-50.0)	17.47 ± 6.33	17.0 (6.0-26.0)	13.80 ± 7.59	15.0 (0.0-25.0)
Two-year degree	33.65 ± 9.69	35.50 (9.0-48.0)	18.90 ± 7.14	17.50 (10.0-36.0)	16.30 ± 8.12	13.50 (7.0-37.0)
Bachelor degree	34.15 ± 9.84	35.0 (8.0-50.0)	16.75 ± 6.07	17.0 (2.0-33.0)	14.44 ± 5.92	13.0 (3.0-27.0)
Master degree	30.09 ± 9.01	30.50 (9.0-49.0)	21.84 ± 6.27	22.0 (9.0-36.0)	17.78 ± 6.97	17.0 (8.0-40.0)
P valueb	0.039		0.007		0.167
Hospital worked
Public hospital	32.38 ± 9.61	33.0 (8.0-50.0)	18.97 ± 6.33	19.0 (6.0-36.0)	15.46 ± 6.84	14.0 (0.0-40.0)
Private hospital	42.33 ± 5.80	44.0 (33.0-50.0)	14.46 ± 7.40	13.0 (2.0-27.0)	15.73 ± 7.11	17.0 (5.0-25.0)
P valuea	0.000		0.029		0.716
How it works
Continuous day	41.59 ± 8.06	44.0 (18.0-50.0)	15.81 ± 5.79	15.0 (6.0-27.0)	14.04 ± 6.5	12.50 (5.0-27.0)
Night shift	31.75 ± 9.29	32.50 (8.0-50.0)	18.94 ± 6.30	19.0 (6.0-36.0)	15.67 ± 6.31	15.0 (0.0-37.0)
Othera	34.0 ± 9.71	36.0 (18.0-44.0)	19.83 ± 11.78	22.0 (2.0-33.0)	17.83 ± 14.37	12.0 (3.0-40.0)
P valueb	0.000		0.109		0.514
Satisfaction with working conditions
Yes	38.14 ± 10.91	44.0 (19.0-50.0)	15.57 ± 6.0	17.50 (7.0-26.0)	15.0 ± 5.98	13.0 (7.0-25.0)
No	29.80 ± 11.01	29.50 (8.0-50.0)	21.03 ± 7.06	21.0 (6.0-36.0)	14.92 ± 7.99	15.0 (0.0-40.0)
Partially	35.64 ± 7.13	36.0 (14.0-49.0)	16.91 ± 5.58	17.0 (2.0-28.0)	16.08 ± 5.99	15.0 (6.0-28.0)
P valueb	0.020		0.009		0.789

^aMann–Whitney U test.

^bKruskal–Wallis test. QoLSE: Quality of Life Scale for Employees.