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Compassion fatigue and influencing factors among psychiatric-stationary nurses in Germany: a quantitative cross-sectional study

Compassion fatigue and influencing factors among psychiatric-stationary nurses in Germany: a quantitative cross-sectional study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00036773
Enrollment
400
Registered
2025-05-13
Start date
2025-05-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-06

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Conditions

Survey of compassion fatigue in psychiatric nursing staff

Interventions

Group 1: A questionnaire survey of nursing staff in psychiatric inpatient settings in the months of May and June on the subject of compassion fatigue. The questionnaires will be made available to sele

Sponsors

Universität zu Lübeck
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Nursing staff from psychiatric clinics

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Stationary managers

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary endpoint “Compassion fatigue of psychiatric nurses in Germany” will be investigated using a questionnaire. The questionnaire is collected once at the beginning of the study (May/June). It contains questions about the person (e.g. gender, age, type of training, ward setting, duration of work), a validated, internationally used instrument for occupational quality of life (ProQOL) in German translation to record compassion fatigue and the Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ) to record characteristics of the workplace. The results of the ProQOL can then be used to assess the severity of compassion fatigue.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The secondary endpoint “Influence of various socio-demographic, workplace and work task-related and occupational biographical factors on the expression of compassion fatigue” is investigated using the information collected in the questionnaire on the person and the WDQ.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPatrick Ristau

Universität zu Lübeck

Patrick.ristau@uni-luebeck.de+49 451 50051260

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026