Effect of Self-Care Skill Educational Intervention on the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Among Nurses: RCT study Protocol
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Abstract
Background: Nurses are essential members of the healthcare team, playing a critical role in patient care, treatment, and health promotion. They provide care for patients experiencing pain, disability, critical illness, and hospice needs. This demanding work can lead to significant fatigue and stress, impacting nurses' health, which is vital for delivering excellent patient care. The American Nurses Association’s Health Risk Appraisal Report (2017) found that 82% of nurses believe they are at significant risk for illness due to workplace stress. The ANA suggests self-care interventions such as maintaining a healthy diet, exercising, getting sufficient rest, nurturing relationships, engaging in leisure activities, and attending to spiritual needs. Educational programs focused on self-care practices and skills, along with compassion fatigue awareness, recognition, and prevention, can help develop coping mechanisms and resilience in healthcare providers, enhancing workplace satisfaction and the quality of patient care.
Research methodology: This randomized controlled trial will enroll 224 participants, with 112 in the experimental group and 112 in the control group. A baseline pretest will be conducted using demographic profile and Professional Quality of Life tool V-5. The study participants will receive Self-care skill educational Intervention, whereas it will be withheld from control group subjects. Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue will be assessed before and after the intervention in both groups.
Results: Data analysis will be done using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical methods.
Discussion: The primary outcome is expecting magnitude of increase of 3+/- 7.4 in compassion satisfaction scores among study group subjects from pretest and post- test as assessed by the using the ProQOL-5.
Conclusion: Self-Care skill educational intervention will be an Cost- effective approach to increase compassion satisfaction and reducing the compassion fatigue the among clinical nurse which strengthen the patient-provider- relationship, enhance general wellbeing, workplace satisfaction, and the quality of patient care at HMC and the state of Qatar.