Fear and Coping with Death in Intensive Care Nurses: a Structural Model Predictor of Compassion Fatigue

Objective. To determine the effect of fear and coping with death on compassion fatigue in nurses working in the intensive care unit.Methods. Correlational-predictive design, applied in 245 nurses working in the intensive care unit through intentional sampling. The study applied a personal data card,...

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Autores: Josué Medina-Fernández, Nissa Yaing Torres-Soto, Karina Casco-Gallardo, Anahí Ruiz-Lara, Beatriz Martínez-Ramírez, Esmeralda Fuentes-Fernández
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Recursos:Universidad de Quintana Roo
Repositorio:Redalyc-UQROO
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Palavra-chave:Medicina
Fear
death
empathy
critical care
nursing staff
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Resumo:Objective. To determine the effect of fear and coping with death on compassion fatigue in nurses working in the intensive care unit.Methods. Correlational-predictive design, applied in 245 nurses working in the intensive care unit through intentional sampling. The study applied a personal data card, the Collet-Lester Fear of Death Scale (α=0.72), the Bugen Fell of Death Scale (α=0.82), and the Empathy Exhaustion Scale (α=0.80). Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed, such as Spearman's test and a structural equation model.Results. The work had 255 nurses who participated, finding a relationship among fear and coping toward death and compassion fatigue (p<0.01), together with the equation model showing that fear and coping toward death have a positive effect in 43.6% on compassion fatigue.Conclusion. Fear and coping with death have an effect on compassion fatigue in nurses working in the intensive care unit, so that when working in a critical area it can cause health effects.