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Compassion fatigue has been studied by the field of [[traumatology]], where it has been called the "cost of caring" for people facing emotional pain.<ref name=":25"/>
Compassion fatigue has been studied by the field of [[traumatology]], where it has been called the "cost of caring" for people facing emotional pain.<ref name=":25"/>
Compassion fatigue has also been called secondary victimization,<ref>Figley, C. (1982). Traumatization and comfort: Close relationships may be hazardous to your health. Keynote presentation at the Conference, Families and close relationships: Individuals in social interaction, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, February.</ref> secondary traumatic stress,<ref>Figley, C. R. (1983). Catastrophes: A overview of family reactions. In C. R. Figley and H. I. McCubbin (Eds.), Stress and the Family: Volume II: Coping with Catastrophe. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 3-20.</ref> [[vicarious traumatization]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lisa McCann|first1=I.|last2=Pearlman|first2=Laurie Anne|date=1990-01-01|title=Vicarious traumatization: A framework for understanding the psychological effects of working with victims|journal=Journal of Traumatic Stress|volume=3|issue=1|pages=131–149|doi=10.1002/jts.2490030110|issn=1573-6598}}</ref> and secondary survivor.<ref>Remer, R., & Elliott, J. E. (1988). Characteristics of secondary victims of sexual assault. International Journal of Family Psychiatry, 9(4), 373-387.</ref> Other related conditions are rape-related family crisis<ref>Erickson, C. A. (1989). Rape and the family. ''Treating stress in families'', 257-289.</ref> and "proximity" effects on female partners of war veterans.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Verbosky|first1=S. J.|last2=Ryan|first2=D. A.|date=1988|title=Female partners of Vietnam veterans: stress by proximity|journal=Issues in Mental Health Nursing|volume=9|issue=1|pages=95–104|issn=0161-2840|pmid=3356550|doi=10.3109/01612848809140912}}</ref> Compassion fatigue has been called a form of [[Burnout (psychology)|burnout]] in some literature. However, unlike compassion fatigue, “burnout” is related to chronic tedium in careers and the workplace, rather than exposure to specific kinds of client problems such as trauma.<ref name="a2">{{cite journal | last1 = Beck | first1 = C | year = 2011 | title = Secondary Traumatic Stress in Nurses: A Systematic Review | journal = Archives of Psychiatric Nursing | volume = 25 | issue = 1| pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005 | pmid = 21251596 }}</ref> fMRI-rt research suggests the idea of compassion without engaging in real-life trauma is not exhausting itself. According to these, when [[empathy]] was analyzed with compassion through [[neuroimaging]], empathy showed brain region activations were previously identified to be related to pain whereas compassion showed warped neural activations.<ref name="Altruism: Ricard">{{cite book |last=Ricard |first=Matthieu|title=Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World|chapter=IV|chapter-url=http://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html|pages=56–64|year=2015|publisher=Brown and Company|isbn=978-0316208246}}</ref><ref>[http://www.matthieuricard.org/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTMvMDYvMDQvMTBfMjNfNDNfNjIxX0tsaW1lY2tpX0xlaWJlcmdfUmljYXJkX1Npbmdlcl8yMDEzX1NDQU4ucGRmIl1d/Klimecki_Leiberg_Ricard_Singer_2013_SCAN.pdf Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training], Olga M. Klimecki, Susanne Leiberg, Matthieu Ricard, and Tania Singer, Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences</ref>
Compassion fatigue has also been called secondary victimization,<ref>Figley, C. (1982). Traumatization and comfort: Close relationships may be hazardous to your health. Keynote presentation at the Conference, Families and close relationships: Individuals in social interaction, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, February.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Compassion Fatigue |url=https://psynso.com/compassion-fatigue/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Psynso |language=en-US}}</ref> secondary traumatic stress,<ref>Figley, C. R. (1983). Catastrophes: A overview of family reactions. In C. R. Figley and H. I. McCubbin (Eds.), Stress and the Family: Volume II: Coping with Catastrophe. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 3-20.</ref> [[vicarious traumatization]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lisa McCann|first1=I.|last2=Pearlman|first2=Laurie Anne|date=1990-01-01|title=Vicarious traumatization: A framework for understanding the psychological effects of working with victims|journal=Journal of Traumatic Stress|volume=3|issue=1|pages=131–149|doi=10.1002/jts.2490030110|issn=1573-6598}}</ref> and secondary survivor.<ref>Remer, R., & Elliott, J. E. (1988). Characteristics of secondary victims of sexual assault. International Journal of Family Psychiatry, 9(4), 373-387.</ref> Other related conditions are rape-related family crisis<ref>Erickson, C. A. (1989). Rape and the family. ''Treating stress in families'', 257-289.</ref> and "proximity" effects on female partners of war veterans.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Verbosky|first1=S. J.|last2=Ryan|first2=D. A.|date=1988|title=Female partners of Vietnam veterans: stress by proximity|journal=Issues in Mental Health Nursing|volume=9|issue=1|pages=95–104|issn=0161-2840|pmid=3356550|doi=10.3109/01612848809140912}}</ref> Compassion fatigue has been called a form of [[Burnout (psychology)|burnout]] in some literature. However, unlike compassion fatigue, “burnout” is related to chronic tedium in careers and the workplace, rather than exposure to specific kinds of client problems such as trauma.<ref name="a2">{{cite journal | last1 = Beck | first1 = C | year = 2011 | title = Secondary Traumatic Stress in Nurses: A Systematic Review | journal = Archives of Psychiatric Nursing | volume = 25 | issue = 1| pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005 | pmid = 21251596 }}</ref> fMRI-rt research suggests the idea of compassion without engaging in real-life trauma is not exhausting itself. According to these, when [[empathy]] was analyzed with compassion through [[neuroimaging]], empathy showed brain region activations were previously identified to be related to pain whereas compassion showed warped neural activations.<ref name="Altruism: Ricard">{{cite book |last=Ricard |first=Matthieu|title=Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World|chapter=IV|chapter-url=http://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html|pages=56–64|year=2015|publisher=Brown and Company|isbn=978-0316208246}}</ref><ref>[http://www.matthieuricard.org/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTMvMDYvMDQvMTBfMjNfNDNfNjIxX0tsaW1lY2tpX0xlaWJlcmdfUmljYXJkX1Npbmdlcl8yMDEzX1NDQU4ucGRmIl1d/Klimecki_Leiberg_Ricard_Singer_2013_SCAN.pdf Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training], Olga M. Klimecki, Susanne Leiberg, Matthieu Ricard, and Tania Singer, Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences</ref>


There is some recent academic literature suggesting that compassion fatigue is a misnomer and should be replaced with the term, empathy fatigue. Evidence supporting this change comes from burgeoning literature examining the neurophysiology of empathy versus compassion meditation practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html|title=The Differences and the Relationship between Empathy and Compassion – Matthieu Ricard}}</ref> Empathy can be defined as feeling what another feels. This can result in cumulative negative effects over time that come from the accretion of the assumption of others' painful emotions and experiences. Compassion relates to a feeling of caring, loving, and having a desire to improve others. It requires awareness of others' feelings and emotions, as well as desiring for the subject to be free of suffering.<ref>{{Citation|title=Compassion|date=2020|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_300372|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine|pages=528|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_300372|isbn=978-3-030-39901-6|s2cid=242998216|access-date=2022-01-22}}</ref> Studies of training of compassion practices among health care providers has demonstrated positive effects compared to empathy practices which do not improve provider functioning.<ref>Felton, J. S. Burnout as a clinical entity—its importance in health care workers. Occupational Medicine, 48(4), 1998, pp. 237–250</ref>
There is some recent academic literature suggesting that compassion fatigue is a misnomer and should be replaced with the term, empathy fatigue. Evidence supporting this change comes from burgeoning literature examining the neurophysiology of empathy versus compassion meditation practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info-buddhism.com/Empathy-Compassion-Neuroscience-Ricard-Altruism.html|title=The Differences and the Relationship between Empathy and Compassion – Matthieu Ricard}}</ref> Empathy can be defined as attempting to feel and understand ( or in other words attempt to experience) what another feels<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of EMPATHY |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref>. This can result in cumulative negative effects over time that come from the accretion of the assumption of others' painful emotions and experiences. Compassion relates to a feeling of caring, loving, and having a desire to improve others. It requires awareness of others' feelings and emotions, as well as desiring for the subject to be free of suffering.<ref>{{Citation|title=Compassion|date=2020|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_300372|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine|pages=528|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_300372|isbn=978-3-030-39901-6|s2cid=242998216|access-date=2022-01-22}}</ref> Studies of training of compassion practices among health care providers has demonstrated positive effects compared to empathy practices which do not improve provider functioning.<ref>Felton, J. S. Burnout as a clinical entity—its importance in health care workers. Occupational Medicine, 48(4), 1998, pp. 237–250</ref>


In academic literature, the more technical term ''secondary traumatic stress disorder'' may be used.<ref>{{Cite book|last=R.|first=Figley, Charles|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/852757689|title=Compassion Fatigue : Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder In Those Who Treat The Traumatized.|date=2013|publisher=Taylor and Francis|isbn=978-1-134-86254-2|oclc=852757689}}</ref> The term "compassion fatigue" is considered somewhat [[euphemism|euphemistic]]. Compassion fatigue also carries sociological connotations, especially when used to analyze behavior in response to media coverage of disasters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hopwood|first1=Tanya L.|last2=Schutte|first2=Nicola S.|last3=Loi|first3=Natasha M.|date=2019-09-01|title=Stress responses to secondary trauma: Compassion fatigue and anticipatory traumatic reaction among youth workers|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.008|journal=The Social Science Journal|language=en|volume=56|issue=3|pages=337–348|doi=10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.008|s2cid=150063268|issn=0362-3319}}</ref> Measures of compassion fatigue include the ProQOL (or Professional Quality of Life Scale), Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Compassion Fatigue Self Test for Helpers, and the Compassion Fatigue Scale—Revised.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://proqol.org/ProQol_Test.html |title=Professional Quality of Life |website=proqol.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514022454/http://www.proqol.org/ProQol_Test.html |archive-date=2009-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beck|first=Cheryl Tatano|date=2011|title=Secondary Traumatic Stress in Nurses: A Systematic Review|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005|journal=Archives of Psychiatric Nursing|volume=25|issue=1|pages=1–10|doi=10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005|pmid=21251596|issn=0883-9417}}</ref>
In academic literature, the more technical term ''secondary traumatic stress disorder'' may be used.<ref>{{Cite book|last=R.|first=Figley, Charles|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/852757689|title=Compassion Fatigue : Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder In Those Who Treat The Traumatized.|date=2013|publisher=Taylor and Francis|isbn=978-1-134-86254-2|oclc=852757689}}</ref> The term "compassion fatigue" is to some extent regarded as [[euphemism|euphemistic]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Compassion Fatigue |url=https://psynso.com/compassion-fatigue/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Psynso |language=en-US}}</ref>. Compassion fatigue also carries sociological connotations, especially when used to analyze behavior in response to media coverage of disasters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hopwood|first1=Tanya L.|last2=Schutte|first2=Nicola S.|last3=Loi|first3=Natasha M.|date=2019-09-01|title=Stress responses to secondary trauma: Compassion fatigue and anticipatory traumatic reaction among youth workers|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.008|journal=The Social Science Journal|language=en|volume=56|issue=3|pages=337–348|doi=10.1016/j.soscij.2018.08.008|s2cid=150063268|issn=0362-3319}}</ref> Measures of compassion fatigue include the ProQOL (or Professional Quality of Life Scale), Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Compassion Fatigue Self Test for Helpers, and the Compassion Fatigue Scale—Revised.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://proqol.org/ProQol_Test.html |title=Professional Quality of Life |website=proqol.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514022454/http://www.proqol.org/ProQol_Test.html |archive-date=2009-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Beck|first=Cheryl Tatano|date=2011|title=Secondary Traumatic Stress in Nurses: A Systematic Review|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005|journal=Archives of Psychiatric Nursing|volume=25|issue=1|pages=1–10|doi=10.1016/j.apnu.2010.05.005|pmid=21251596|issn=0883-9417}}</ref>


==Risk factors==
==Risk factors==


Several personal attributes place a person at risk for developing compassion fatigue. Overly conscientious persons, perfectionists,<ref>D’Souza, Egan, & Rees, 2011</ref> and self-giving are more likely to suffer from secondary traumatic stress. Those who have low levels of social support or high levels of stress in personal life are also more likely to develop STS. In addition, previous histories of trauma that led to negative [[coping skills]], such as bottling up or avoiding emotions, having small support systems, increase the risk for developing STS.<ref name="a3">{{cite journal | last1 = Meadors |display-authors=et al | year = 2008 | title = Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatization: Provider Self Care on the Intensive Care Units for Children | journal = Journal of Pediatric Health | volume = 22 | issue = 1|pages=24–34 |doi=10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.01.006 |pmid=18174086 }}</ref>
There are four key attributes to an individual being at risk for compassion fatigue; these include diminished endurance and/or energy, declined empathic ability, helplessness and/or hopelessness, as well as emotional exhaustion can suffer from secondary traumatic stress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Causes and Effects of Compassion Fatigue |url=https://nursinganswers.net/essays/causes-and-effects-of-compassion-fatigue.php |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=NursingAnswers.net |language=en}}</ref>. In addition, previous histories of trauma that led to negative [[coping skills]], such as bottling up or avoiding emotions, having small support systems, increase the risk for developing STS.<ref name="a3">{{cite journal | last1 = Meadors |display-authors=et al | year = 2008 | title = Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatization: Provider Self Care on the Intensive Care Units for Children | journal = Journal of Pediatric Health | volume = 22 | issue = 1|pages=24–34 |doi=10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.01.006 |pmid=18174086 }}</ref>


Many organizational attributes in the fields where STS is most common, such as the healthcare field, contribute to compassion fatigue among the workers. For example, a “culture of silence” where stressful events such as deaths in an intensive-care unit are not discussed after the event is linked to compassion fatigue.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=University of Stavanger, Norway|last2=Ramvi|first2=Ellen|last3=Gripsrud|first3=Birgitta Haga|last4=University of Stavanger, Norway|date=2017-09-20|title=Silence about encounters with dying among healthcare professionals in a society that 'de-tabooises' death|url=https://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume7-suppl/article9|journal=International Practice Development Journal|volume=7|issue=Suppl|pages=1–12|doi=10.19043/ipdj.7SP.009}}</ref> Lack of awareness of symptoms and poor training in the risks associated with high-stress jobs can also contribute to high rates of STS.<ref name="a3" />
Many organizational attributes in the fields where STS is most common, such as the healthcare field, contribute to compassion fatigue among the workers. For example, a “culture of silence” where stressful events such as deaths in an intensive-care unit are not discussed after the event is linked to compassion fatigue.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=University of Stavanger, Norway|last2=Ramvi|first2=Ellen|last3=Gripsrud|first3=Birgitta Haga|last4=University of Stavanger, Norway|date=2017-09-20|title=Silence about encounters with dying among healthcare professionals in a society that 'de-tabooises' death|url=https://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume7-suppl/article9|journal=International Practice Development Journal|volume=7|issue=Suppl|pages=1–12|doi=10.19043/ipdj.7SP.009}}</ref> Lack of awareness of symptoms and poor training in the risks associated with high-stress jobs can also contribute to high rates of STS.<ref name="a3" />
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Compassion fatigue increases in intensity with increased interactions among the needy. Because of this, people living in urban cities are more likely to experience compassion fatigue. People in large cities interact with more people in general, and because of this, they become desensitized towards people's problems. Homeless people often make their way to larger cities. Ordinary people often become indifferent to homelessness when they see it regularly.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Levine|first1=Robert V.|last2=Martinez|first2=Todd Simon|last3=Brase|first3=Gary|last4=Sorenson|first4=Kerry|date=1994|title=Helping in 36 U.S. cities.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.67.1.69|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|volume=67|issue=1|pages=69–82|doi=10.1037/0022-3514.67.1.69|issn=0022-3514}}</ref>
Compassion fatigue increases in intensity with increased interactions among the needy. Because of this, people living in urban cities are more likely to experience compassion fatigue. People in large cities interact with more people in general, and because of this, they become desensitized towards people's problems. Homeless people often make their way to larger cities. Ordinary people often become indifferent to homelessness when they see it regularly.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Levine|first1=Robert V.|last2=Martinez|first2=Todd Simon|last3=Brase|first3=Gary|last4=Sorenson|first4=Kerry|date=1994|title=Helping in 36 U.S. cities.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.67.1.69|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|volume=67|issue=1|pages=69–82|doi=10.1037/0022-3514.67.1.69|issn=0022-3514}}</ref>


== Family ==
==In healthcare professionals==
Recent studies reveal that the "overall compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction levels were moderate, thus highlighting the potential risk of compassion fatigue for family caregivers", indicating that primary family caregivers of patients could also experience compassion fatigue or STS<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Liao |first=Xinqi |last2=Wang |first2=Jinfeng |last3=Zhang |first3=Fengying |last4=Luo |first4=Zhipeng |last5=Zeng |first5=Yanli |last6=Wang |first6=Guofu |date=2022-05 |title=The levels and related factors of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among family caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies |url=https://web.s.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=1dcc2661-7f77-490f-bb97-2e7bf33ba8a5@redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#AN=35279623&db=cmedm |journal=Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) |volume=45 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.02.016 |issn=1528-3984}}</ref>.

==In healthcare professionals<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Erbe |first=Afton M |date=2022-06 |title=Compassion Fatigue and Mental Health in Health Care Professionals |url=https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=69ee9378-83ad-44e3-99e4-ad81d865d258@redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#AN=35486498&db=cmedm |journal=Workplace health & safety |volume=70 |issue=6 |pages=303 |doi=10.1177/21650799221081237 |issn=2165-0969}}</ref>==


Between 16% and 85% of [[Health care provider|health care workers]] in various fields develop compassion fatigue. In one study, 86% of emergency room nurses met the criteria for compassion fatigue.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hooper |display-authors=et al | year = 2010 | title = Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue Among Emergency Nurses Compared With Nurses in Other Selected Inpatient Specialties | journal = Journal of Emergency Nursing | volume = 36 | issue = 5| pages = 420–427 | doi = 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.027 | pmid = 20837210}}</ref> In another study, more than 25% of ambulance paramedics were identified as having severe ranges of post-traumatic symptoms.<ref name="a2" /> In addition, 34% of hospice nurses in another study met the criteria for secondary traumatic stress/compassion fatigue.<ref name="a2" />
Between 16% and 85% of [[Health care provider|health care workers]] in various fields develop compassion fatigue. In one study, 86% of emergency room nurses met the criteria for compassion fatigue.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hooper |display-authors=et al | year = 2010 | title = Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue Among Emergency Nurses Compared With Nurses in Other Selected Inpatient Specialties | journal = Journal of Emergency Nursing | volume = 36 | issue = 5| pages = 420–427 | doi = 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.027 | pmid = 20837210}}</ref> In another study, more than 25% of ambulance paramedics were identified as having severe ranges of post-traumatic symptoms.<ref name="a2" /> In addition, 34% of hospice nurses in another study met the criteria for secondary traumatic stress/compassion fatigue.<ref name="a2" />

There is a strong relationship between work-related stress and compassion fatigue which include factors such as: attitude to life, work-related stress, how one works, amount of time working at a single occupation, type of work, and gender all play a role<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aslan |first=Hakime |last2=Erci |first2=Behice |last3=Pekince |first3=Hatice |date=2022-06 |title=Relationship Between Compassion Fatigue in Nurses, and Work-Related Stress and the Meaning of Life |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmedm&AN=33386572&site=ehost-live |journal=Journal of religion and health |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=1848–1860 |doi=10.1007/s10943-020-01142-0 |issn=1573-6571}}</ref>


Compassion fatigue is the emotional and physical distress caused by treating and helping patients that are deeply in need. This can desensitize healthcare professionals to others' needs, causing them to develop a lack of empathy for future patients.<ref>Adams R.E., Boscarino J.A., Figley CR. (2006). Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Distress Among Social Workers: A Validation Study. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 76(1):103–108.</ref> There are three important components of Compassion Fatigue: Compassion satisfaction, secondary stress, and burnout.<ref>Stamm BH. (2010). The concise ProQOL manual. Pocatello ID ProQOL Org.</ref> It is important to note that burnout is not the same as Compassion Fatigue; Burnout is the stress and mental exhaustion caused by the inability to cope with the environment and continuous physical and mental demands.<ref>Potter P, Deshields T, Divanbeigi J, Berger J, Cipriano D, Norris L, Olsen S. Compassion Fatigue and Burnout.(2010). Clin J Oncol Nurs. 14(5):E56–E62.</ref>
Compassion fatigue is the emotional and physical distress caused by treating and helping patients that are deeply in need. This can desensitize healthcare professionals to others' needs, causing them to develop a lack of empathy for future patients.<ref>Adams R.E., Boscarino J.A., Figley CR. (2006). Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Distress Among Social Workers: A Validation Study. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 76(1):103–108.</ref> There are three important components of Compassion Fatigue: Compassion satisfaction, secondary stress, and burnout.<ref>Stamm BH. (2010). The concise ProQOL manual. Pocatello ID ProQOL Org.</ref> It is important to note that burnout is not the same as Compassion Fatigue; Burnout is the stress and mental exhaustion caused by the inability to cope with the environment and continuous physical and mental demands.<ref>Potter P, Deshields T, Divanbeigi J, Berger J, Cipriano D, Norris L, Olsen S. Compassion Fatigue and Burnout.(2010). Clin J Oncol Nurs. 14(5):E56–E62.</ref>
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Another name and concept directly tied to compassion fatigue is moral injury. Moral injury in the context of healthcare was directly named in the ''Stat News'' article by Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot, entitled "Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They're suffering from moral injury."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/26/physicians-not-burning-out-they-are-suffering-moral-injury/|title=Physicians aren't 'burning out.' They're suffering from moral injury - STAT|date=2018-07-26|work=STAT|access-date=2018-09-27}}</ref> The article and concept go on to explain that physicians (in the United States) are caught in double and triple and quadruple binds between their obligations of electronic health records, their student loans, the requirements for patient load through the hospital, and procedures performed – all while working towards the goal of trying to provide the best care and healing to patients possible. However, the systemic issues facing physicians often cause deep distress because the patients are suffering despite the physician's best efforts. This concept of moral injury in healthcare<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moralinjury.healthcare/|title=Moral Injury of Healthcare|last=Talbot, Dean}}</ref> is the expansion of the discussion around compassion fatigue and 'burnout.'
Another name and concept directly tied to compassion fatigue is moral injury. Moral injury in the context of healthcare was directly named in the ''Stat News'' article by Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot, entitled "Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They're suffering from moral injury."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/26/physicians-not-burning-out-they-are-suffering-moral-injury/|title=Physicians aren't 'burning out.' They're suffering from moral injury - STAT|date=2018-07-26|work=STAT|access-date=2018-09-27}}</ref> The article and concept go on to explain that physicians (in the United States) are caught in double and triple and quadruple binds between their obligations of electronic health records, their student loans, the requirements for patient load through the hospital, and procedures performed – all while working towards the goal of trying to provide the best care and healing to patients possible. However, the systemic issues facing physicians often cause deep distress because the patients are suffering despite the physician's best efforts. This concept of moral injury in healthcare<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moralinjury.healthcare/|title=Moral Injury of Healthcare|last=Talbot, Dean}}</ref> is the expansion of the discussion around compassion fatigue and 'burnout.'


=== Caregivers ===
=== C.N.A.s/Caregivers ===
[[Caregiver]]s for dependent people can also experience compassion fatigue, which can become a cause of abusive behavior in caring professions. It results from the taxing nature of showing compassion for someone whose [[suffering]] is continuous and unresolvable. One may still care for the person as required by policy, however, the natural human desire to help them is significantly diminished, causing desensitization and lack of enthusiasm for patient care.<ref name=":2">Jenkins, B. & Warren, N.A. Concept analysis: compassion fatigue and effects upon critical care nurses. Crit Care Nurs Q, 2012. 35(4):388-95. Doi: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e318268fe09</ref> This phenomenon also occurs among professionals involved in long-term [[health care]], and for those who have institutionalized family members. These people may develop symptoms of [[clinical depression|depression]], [[Stress (medicine)|stress]], and [[Psychological trauma|trauma]]. Those who are [[primary care]] providers for patients with [[terminal illness]]es are at a higher risk of developing these symptoms. In the medical profession, this is often described as "[[Burnout (psychology)|burnout]]": the more specific terms secondary traumatic stress and [[Vicarious traumatization|vicarious trauma]] are also used.
[[Caregiver]]s for dependent people can also experience compassion fatigue, which can become a cause of abusive behavior in caring professions. It results from the taxing nature of showing compassion for someone whose [[suffering]] is continuous and unresolvable. One may still care for the person as required by policy, however, the natural human desire to help them is significantly diminished, causing desensitization and lack of enthusiasm for patient care.<ref name=":2">Jenkins, B. & Warren, N.A. Concept analysis: compassion fatigue and effects upon critical care nurses. Crit Care Nurs Q, 2012. 35(4):388-95. Doi: 10.1097/CNQ.0b013e318268fe09</ref> This phenomenon also occurs among professionals involved in long-term [[health care]], and for those who have institutionalized family members. These people may develop symptoms of [[clinical depression|depression]], [[Stress (medicine)|stress]], and [[Psychological trauma|trauma]]. Those who are [[primary care]] providers for patients with [[terminal illness]]es are at a higher risk of developing these symptoms. In the medical profession, this is often described as "[[Burnout (psychology)|burnout]]": the more specific terms secondary traumatic stress and [[Vicarious traumatization|vicarious trauma]] are also used.


=== Mental health professionals ===
=== Mental health professionals ===
Many that work in fields that require great amounts of empathy and compassion are exposed to these stressful experiences in their day-today work activities<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-28 |title=Social work: 'I had a parent screaming foul names at me' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49451745 |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Combating Compassion Fatigue in Social Work |url=https://socialwork.tulane.edu/blog/compassion-fatigue-in-social-work |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=socialwork.tulane.edu |language=en-us}}</ref>. These fields mentioned include: social workers, psychologists, oncologists, pediatrics, HIV/AIDs workers, EMS, law enforcement, and of course, and general healthcare workers like nurses, etc<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthcare Professionals and Compassion Fatigue |url=https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/education/bcr/addiction-research/healthcare-professionals-compassion-fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.hazeldenbettyford.org |language=en}}</ref>. Social workers are one group that can experience compassion fatigue or STS from experiencing a singular trauma or it can be from traumatic experiences building up over the years<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-12 |title=Compassion Fatigue in Social Work {{!}} Secondary Trauma {{!}} UK Online |url=https://socialworkonline.uky.edu/resources/article/compassion-fatigue-social-work/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=UK College of Social Work |language=en-US}}</ref>. This can also occur because of a connection with a client and a shared similar traumatic experience<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-12 |title=Compassion Fatigue in Social Work {{!}} Secondary Trauma {{!}} UK Online |url=https://socialworkonline.uky.edu/resources/article/compassion-fatigue-social-work/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=UK College of Social Work |language=en-US}}</ref>.Overall, healthcare professionals in general are finding that they are burnt out with the price of empathy and compassion, otherwise known as, Compassion Fatigue. Most often describe feelings of “running on empty”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthcare Professionals and Compassion Fatigue |url=https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/education/bcr/addiction-research/healthcare-professionals-compassion-fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.hazeldenbettyford.org |language=en}}</ref>. The importance of the contribution of education and recognition cannot be negated in its import  of counter of compassion fatigue<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthcare Professionals and Compassion Fatigue |url=https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/education/bcr/addiction-research/healthcare-professionals-compassion-fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.hazeldenbettyford.org |language=en}}</ref>. Other evidences support theories that meditation and reflection techniques such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction Training and Compassion Cultivation Training, along with the support of administrators helps to fight and reduce STS<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthcare Professionals and Compassion Fatigue |url=https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/education/bcr/addiction-research/healthcare-professionals-compassion-fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.hazeldenbettyford.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Compassion Fatigue {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/compassion-fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en}}</ref>
Mental health professionals are another group that often suffer from compassion fatigue, particularly when they treat those who have suffered extensive trauma. A study on mental health professionals that were providing clinical services to Katrina victims found that rates of negative psychological symptoms increased in the group. Of those interviewed, 72% reported experiencing anxiety, 62% experienced increased suspicion about the world around them, and 42% reported feeling increasingly vulnerable after treating the Katrina victims.<ref>Culver, L., McKinney, B., Paradise, L. (2011). Mental Health Professionals' Experiences of Vicarious Traumatization in Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, 16(1), 33-42.</ref>
Social workers are another group being exposed to stressful experiences in their day-to-day work activities. Many social workers are at a constant battle not only within their casework but within themselves. A social worker's career comes at a price with putting personal beliefs aside, managing compassion fatigue, and getting the mental help needed to cope with the traumas that are dealt with daily. The way a social worker feels must be put aside when in the field due to the possibility of those feelings swaying the appropriate action that must be taken. If a social worker is consciously aware of compassion fatigue and burnout happening within themselves early on, then they hold the capability to seek the help needed to combat those feelings before any negative impression is felt externally. Being able to objectively evaluate situations at work helps in keeping social workers professionally safe. Self-awareness of compassion fatigue and burnout flow into the mental and physical management that keep those feelings under control. When a social worker puts in the time to take care of themselves their personal life and work life are both positively influenced.<ref>BBC News - 'I had a parent screaming foul names at me'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49451745</ref>


=== Critical care personnel ===
=== Critical care personnel ===
Critical care personnel have the highest reported rates of burnout, a syndrome associated with progression to compassion fatigue. These providers witness high rates of patient disease and death, leaving them to question whether their work is truly meaningful. Additionally, top-tier providers are expected to know an increasing amount of medical information along with experienced high ethical dilemmas/medical demands.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Browning|first=Stacey G.|date=December 2019|title=Burnout in Critical Care Nurses|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2019.07.008|journal=Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America|volume=31|issue=4|pages=527–536|doi=10.1016/j.cnc.2019.07.008|pmid=31685119|s2cid=204047636|issn=0899-5885}}</ref> This has created a workload-reward imbalance—or decreased compassion satisfaction. Compassion satisfaction relates to the “positive payment” that comes from caring.<ref name=":3">Fahey, D.M. & Glasofer, A. (2016) An inverse relationship- compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and critical care nurses. Nursing Critical Care. 11(5):30-35.</ref> With little compassion satisfaction, both critical care physicians and nurses have reported the above examples as leading factors for developing burnout and compassion fatigue.<ref>Fumis, R.R.L., et al., (2017) ''Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers.'' Ann Intensive Care. '''7'''(1): p. 71</ref> Those caring for people who have experienced trauma can experience a change in how they view the world; they see it more negatively. It can negatively affect the worker's sense of self, safety, and control.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Van Hook | first1 = M. P. | last2 = Rothenberg | first2 = M. | year = 2009 | title = Quality of life and compassion satisfaction/fatigue and burnout in child welfare workers: A study of the child welfare workers in community based care organizations in Central Florida | url = https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-12595-003 | journal = Social Work & Christianity | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 36–54 }}</ref> In ICU personnel, burnout and compassion fatigue has been associated with decreased quality of care and patient satisfaction, as well as increased medical errors, infection rates, and death rates, making this issue one of concern not only for providers but patients.<ref name=":1" /> These outcomes also impact organization finances.<ref name=":3" /> According to the Institute of Medicine, preventable adverse drug events or harmful medication errors (associated with compassion fatigue/burnout) occur in 1% to 10% of hospital admissions and account for a $3.5 billion cost.<ref name=":4">{{cite journal | last1=Maiden | first1=Jeanne | last2=Georges | first2=Jane M. | last3=Connelly | first3=Cynthia D. | title=Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue, and Perceptions About Medication Errors in Certified Critical Care Nurses | journal=Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing | publisher=[[Ovid Technologies]] ([[Wolters Kluwer Health]]) | volume=30 | issue=6 | year=2011 | issn=0730-4625 | doi=10.1097/dcc.0b013e31822fab2a | pages=339–345| pmid=21983510 | s2cid=44752540 }}</ref>
Critical care personnel have the highest reported rates of burnout, a syndrome associated with progression to compassion fatigue. These providers witness high rates of patient disease and death, leaving them to question whether their work is truly meaningful. Additionally, top-tier providers are expected to know an increasing amount of medical information along with experienced high ethical dilemmas/medical demands.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Browning|first=Stacey G.|date=December 2019|title=Burnout in Critical Care Nurses|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2019.07.008|journal=Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America|volume=31|issue=4|pages=527–536|doi=10.1016/j.cnc.2019.07.008|pmid=31685119|s2cid=204047636|issn=0899-5885}}</ref> This has created a workload-reward imbalance—or decreased compassion satisfaction. Compassion satisfaction relates to the “positive payment” that comes from caring.<ref name=":3">Fahey, D.M. & Glasofer, A. (2016) An inverse relationship- compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and critical care nurses. Nursing Critical Care. 11(5):30-35.</ref> With little compassion satisfaction, both critical care physicians and nurses have reported the above examples as leading factors for developing burnout and compassion fatigue.<ref>Fumis, R.R.L., et al., (2017) ''Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers.'' Ann Intensive Care. '''7'''(1): p. 71</ref> Those caring for people who have experienced trauma can experience a change in how they view the world; they see it more negatively. It can negatively affect the worker's sense of self, safety, and control.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Van Hook | first1 = M. P. | last2 = Rothenberg | first2 = M. | year = 2009 | title = Quality of life and compassion satisfaction/fatigue and burnout in child welfare workers: A study of the child welfare workers in community based care organizations in Central Florida | url = https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-12595-003 | journal = Social Work & Christianity | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 36–54 }}</ref> In ICU personnel, burnout and compassion fatigue has been associated with decreased quality of care and patient satisfaction, as well as increased medical errors, infection rates, and death rates, making this issue one of concern not only for providers but patients.<ref name=":1" /> These outcomes also impact organization finances.<ref name=":3" /> According to the Institute of Medicine, preventable adverse drug events or harmful medication errors (associated with compassion fatigue/burnout) occur in 1% to 10% of hospital admissions and account for a $3.5 billion cost.<ref name=":4">{{cite journal | last1=Maiden | first1=Jeanne | last2=Georges | first2=Jane M. | last3=Connelly | first3=Cynthia D. | title=Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue, and Perceptions About Medication Errors in Certified Critical Care Nurses | journal=Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing | publisher=[[Ovid Technologies]] ([[Wolters Kluwer Health]]) | volume=30 | issue=6 | year=2011 | issn=0730-4625 | doi=10.1097/dcc.0b013e31822fab2a | pages=339–345| pmid=21983510 | s2cid=44752540 }}</ref>

There are a total of four factors that are used to describe the underlying reasons for burnout, STS, and compassion fatigue: depressive mood, primary traumatic stress symptoms, responses to their patients' trauma, and sleep disturbances<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmed |first=Fadwa |last2=Baruch |first2=Jay |last3=Armstrong |first3=Paul |date=2022-05-06 |title=Examining the Constructs of Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress in Physicians Using Factor Analyses |url=https://web.p.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=436e1e73-9a72-4683-a97e-2b2cf68706d3@redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#AN=35602123&db=cmedm |journal=Frontiers in public health |volume=10 |pages=893165 |doi=10.3389/fpubh.2022.893165 |issn=2296-2565}}</ref>.


Those with a better ability to empathize and be compassionate are at a higher risk of developing compassion fatigue.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Figley |author1-link=C. R. |editor1-last=Figley |editor1-first=C. R. |title=Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized |date=1995 |publisher=Brunner/Mazel |isbn=9780203777381 |pages=1–20 |chapter=Compassion fatigue as secondary traumatic stress disorder: An overview |doi=10.4324/9780203777381}}</ref> Because of that, healthcare professionals—especially those who work in critical care—who are regularly exposed to death, trauma, high stress environments, long work days, difficult patients, pressure from a patient's family, and conflicts with other staff members- are at higher risk.<ref name=":4" /> These exposures increase the risk for developing compassion fatigue and burnout, which often makes it hard for professionals to stay in the healthcare career field. Those who stay in the healthcare field after developing compassion fatigue or burnout are likely to experience a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, unwanted images or thoughts, insomnia, stress, desensitization and irritability.<ref name=":2" /> As a result, these healthcare professionals may later develop substance abuse, depression, or commit suicide.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Moss | first1=Marc | last2=Good | first2=Vicki S. | last3=Gozal | first3=David | last4=Kleinpell | first4=Ruth | last5=Sessler | first5=Curtis N. | title=An Official Critical Care Societies Collaborative Statement—Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care Health-care Professionals | journal=Chest | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=150 | issue=1 | year=2016 | issn=0012-3692 | doi=10.1016/j.chest.2016.02.649 | pages=17–26 | pmid=27396776}}</ref> A 2018 study that examined differences in compassion fatigue in nurses based on their substance use found significant increases for those who used cigarettes, sleeping pills, energy drinks, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs. Unfortunately, despite recent, targeted efforts being made to reduce burnout, it appears that the problem is increasing. In 2011, a study conducted by the Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-Being at Mayo Clinic reported that 45% of physicians in the United States had one or more symptoms of burnout. In 2014, that number had increased to 54%.<ref name=":1" />
Those with a better ability to empathize and be compassionate are at a higher risk of developing compassion fatigue.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Figley |author1-link=C. R. |editor1-last=Figley |editor1-first=C. R. |title=Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized |date=1995 |publisher=Brunner/Mazel |isbn=9780203777381 |pages=1–20 |chapter=Compassion fatigue as secondary traumatic stress disorder: An overview |doi=10.4324/9780203777381}}</ref> Because of that, healthcare professionals—especially those who work in critical care—who are regularly exposed to death, trauma, high stress environments, long work days, difficult patients, pressure from a patient's family, and conflicts with other staff members- are at higher risk.<ref name=":4" /> These exposures increase the risk for developing compassion fatigue and burnout, which often makes it hard for professionals to stay in the healthcare career field. Those who stay in the healthcare field after developing compassion fatigue or burnout are likely to experience a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, unwanted images or thoughts, insomnia, stress, desensitization and irritability.<ref name=":2" /> As a result, these healthcare professionals may later develop substance abuse, depression, or commit suicide.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Moss | first1=Marc | last2=Good | first2=Vicki S. | last3=Gozal | first3=David | last4=Kleinpell | first4=Ruth | last5=Sessler | first5=Curtis N. | title=An Official Critical Care Societies Collaborative Statement—Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care Health-care Professionals | journal=Chest | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=150 | issue=1 | year=2016 | issn=0012-3692 | doi=10.1016/j.chest.2016.02.649 | pages=17–26 | pmid=27396776}}</ref> A 2018 study that examined differences in compassion fatigue in nurses based on their substance use found significant increases for those who used cigarettes, sleeping pills, energy drinks, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs. Unfortunately, despite recent, targeted efforts being made to reduce burnout, it appears that the problem is increasing. In 2011, a study conducted by the Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-Being at Mayo Clinic reported that 45% of physicians in the United States had one or more symptoms of burnout. In 2014, that number had increased to 54%.<ref name=":1" />
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==Prevention==
==Prevention==
There is an effort to prepare those in the healthcare professions to combat compassion fatigue through resiliency training. Teaching workers how to relax in stressful situations, be intentional in their duties and work with integrity, find people and resources who are supportive and understand the risks of compassion fatigue, and focus on self-care are all components of this training.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Potter|first1=Patricia|last2=Pion|first2=Sarah|last3=Gentry|first3=J. Eric|title=Compassion Fatigue Resiliency Training: The Experience of Facilitators|journal=The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing |volume=46|issue=2|pages=83–88|doi=10.3928/00220124-20151217-03|pmid=25522376|year=2015}}</ref>
In an effort to prepare and combat compassion fatigue, especially within healthcare professions, many have been implementing resiliency training, educating workers in coping during stressful situations, being aware and conscious in their duties, working with integrity, creating a support system that includes individuals and resources that can provide understanding and are sensitive to the risks of compassion fatigue, and finally workers are learning how to decompress and destress, utilizing self-care, are all components<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Potter|first1=Patricia|last2=Pion|first2=Sarah|last3=Gentry|first3=J. Eric|title=Compassion Fatigue Resiliency Training: The Experience of Facilitators|journal=The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing |volume=46|issue=2|pages=83–88|doi=10.3928/00220124-20151217-03|pmid=25522376|year=2015}}</ref>.


===Personal self-care===
===Personal self-care===
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{{Main|Compassion fade}}
{{Main|Compassion fade}}


The difference between compassion fatigue and compassion fade is that compassion fatigue is more about the people the individual works and interacts with often, whereas compassion fade is the individual's attitude towards helping certain amounts of people they don't know or as aid needed in the world rises. Compassion fade is when the need and tragedy in the world go up, the amount of desire to help goes down.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Butts | first1=Marcus M. | last2=Lunt | first2=Devin C. | last3=Freling | first3=Traci L. | last4=Gabriel | first4=Allison S. | title=Helping one or helping many? A theoretical integration and meta-analytic review of the compassion fade literature | journal=Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=151 | year=2019 | issn=0749-5978 | doi=10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.12.006 | pages=16–33| s2cid=149806445 }}</ref> For example, a person is more likely to donate more money, time, or other types of assistance to a single person suffering than to disaster aid or when the population suffering is larger.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Västfjäll | first1=Daniel | last2=Slovic | first2=Paul | last3=Mayorga | first3=Marcus | last4=Peters | first4=Ellen | editor-last=Lamm | editor-first=Claus | title=Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in Need | journal=PLOS ONE | publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=9 | issue=6 | date=2014-06-18 | issn=1932-6203 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0100115 | page=e100115 | pmid=24940738 | pmc=4062481 | bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j0115V| doi-access=free }}</ref> It is a type of cognitive bias that helps people make their decision to help.<ref>Morris, S., & Cranney, J. (2018). Chapter 2 The imperfect mind. The Rubber Brain (pp. 19–42). Australian Academic Press.</ref>
Compassion fatigue is defined as “the physical and mental exhaustion and emotional withdrawal experienced by those who care for sick or traumatized people over an extended period of time”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of COMPASSION FATIGUE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compassion+fatigue |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref>. Compassion fatigue usually occurs with those whom we ''know''; whether that is because of a personal relationship or professional relationship<ref>{{Cite web |last=LisaNotes |date=2020-10-16 |title=How to Prevent Compassion Fade During a Pandemic |url=https://lisanotes.com/prevent-compassion-fade-during-pandemic/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Lisa notes |language=en-US}}</ref>. Compassion fade is defined as terminology to describe the why in which an individual’s compassion and empathy are reduced due to the amount or intricacy of the issue<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jerry |date=2017-12-31 |title=Compassion Fade |url=https://fccmelrose.org/2017/12/31/compassion-fade/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |language=en}}</ref>. This also includes when the need and tragedy in of the world goes up and the amount of desire to help goes down (similar to a see-saw)<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Butts | first1=Marcus M. | last2=Lunt | first2=Devin C. | last3=Freling | first3=Traci L. | last4=Gabriel | first4=Allison S. | title=Helping one or helping many? A theoretical integration and meta-analytic review of the compassion fade literature | journal=Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=151 | year=2019 | issn=0749-5978 | doi=10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.12.006 | pages=16–33| s2cid=149806445 }}</ref>. For example, an individual is more likely to donate more money, time, or other types of assistance to a single person suffering, than to disaster aid or when the population suffering is larger <ref>{{Cite web |last=LisaNotes |date=2020-10-16 |title=How to Prevent Compassion Fade During a Pandemic |url=https://lisanotes.com/prevent-compassion-fade-during-pandemic/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Lisa notes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jerry |date=2017-12-31 |title=Compassion Fade |url=https://fccmelrose.org/2017/12/31/compassion-fade/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1=Västfjäll | first1=Daniel | last2=Slovic | first2=Paul | last3=Mayorga | first3=Marcus | last4=Peters | first4=Ellen | editor-last=Lamm | editor-first=Claus | title=Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in Need | journal=PLOS ONE | publisher=Public Library of Science (PLoS) | volume=9 | issue=6 | date=2014-06-18 | issn=1932-6203 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0100115 | page=e100115 | pmid=24940738 | pmc=4062481 | bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j0115V| doi-access=free }}</ref>. It is a type of cognitive bias that helps people make their decision to help<ref>Morris, S., & Cranney, J. (2018). Chapter 2 The imperfect mind. The Rubber Brain (pp. 19–42). Australian Academic Press.</ref>.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 23:18, 17 July 2022

Compassion fatigue is a condition characterized by emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, often described as the negative cost of caring.[1] It is sometimes referred to as secondary traumatic stress (STS).[1] According to the Professional Quality of Life Scale, burnout and STS are interwoven elements of compassion fatigue.[2]

Compassion fatigue is considered to be the result of working directly with victims of disasters, trauma, or illness, especially in the health care industry.[3] Individuals working in other helping professions are also at risk for experiencing compassion fatigue.[4] These include child protection workers,[5] veterinarians,[6] clergy, teachers,[7] social workers, palliative care workers,[8] journalists,[9] police officers,[10] firefighters, animal welfare workers, public librarians, health unit coordinators,[11] and student affairs professionals.[12] Non-professionals, such as family members and other informal caregivers of people who have a chronic illness, may also experience compassion fatigue.[3] The term was first coined in 1992 by Carla Joinson to describe the negative impact hospital nurses were experiencing as a result of their repeated, daily exposure to patient emergencies.[1]

People who experience compassion fatigue may exhibit a variety of symptoms including lowered concentration, numbness or feelings of helplessness, irritability, lack of self-satisfaction, withdrawal, aches and pains, or work absenteeism.[1]

Journalism analysts argue that news media have caused widespread compassion fatigue in society by saturating newspapers and news shows with decontextualized images and stories of tragedy and suffering. This has caused the public to become desensitized or resistant to helping people who are suffering.[13] Over a quarter of Americans have even changed where they get their news from due to compassion fatigue.[14]

History

Compassion fatigue has been studied by the field of traumatology, where it has been called the "cost of caring" for people facing emotional pain.[1]

Compassion fatigue has also been called secondary victimization,[15][16] secondary traumatic stress,[17] vicarious traumatization,[18] and secondary survivor.[19] Other related conditions are rape-related family crisis[20] and "proximity" effects on female partners of war veterans.[21] Compassion fatigue has been called a form of burnout in some literature. However, unlike compassion fatigue, “burnout” is related to chronic tedium in careers and the workplace, rather than exposure to specific kinds of client problems such as trauma.[22] fMRI-rt research suggests the idea of compassion without engaging in real-life trauma is not exhausting itself. According to these, when empathy was analyzed with compassion through neuroimaging, empathy showed brain region activations were previously identified to be related to pain whereas compassion showed warped neural activations.[23][24]

There is some recent academic literature suggesting that compassion fatigue is a misnomer and should be replaced with the term, empathy fatigue. Evidence supporting this change comes from burgeoning literature examining the neurophysiology of empathy versus compassion meditation practices.[25] Empathy can be defined as attempting to feel and understand ( or in other words attempt to experience) what another feels[26]. This can result in cumulative negative effects over time that come from the accretion of the assumption of others' painful emotions and experiences. Compassion relates to a feeling of caring, loving, and having a desire to improve others. It requires awareness of others' feelings and emotions, as well as desiring for the subject to be free of suffering.[27] Studies of training of compassion practices among health care providers has demonstrated positive effects compared to empathy practices which do not improve provider functioning.[28]

In academic literature, the more technical term secondary traumatic stress disorder may be used.[29] The term "compassion fatigue" is to some extent regarded as euphemistic [30]. Compassion fatigue also carries sociological connotations, especially when used to analyze behavior in response to media coverage of disasters.[31] Measures of compassion fatigue include the ProQOL (or Professional Quality of Life Scale), Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Compassion Fatigue Self Test for Helpers, and the Compassion Fatigue Scale—Revised.[32][33]

Risk factors

There are four key attributes to an individual being at risk for compassion fatigue; these include diminished endurance and/or energy, declined empathic ability, helplessness and/or hopelessness, as well as emotional exhaustion can suffer from secondary traumatic stress[34]. In addition, previous histories of trauma that led to negative coping skills, such as bottling up or avoiding emotions, having small support systems, increase the risk for developing STS.[35]

Many organizational attributes in the fields where STS is most common, such as the healthcare field, contribute to compassion fatigue among the workers. For example, a “culture of silence” where stressful events such as deaths in an intensive-care unit are not discussed after the event is linked to compassion fatigue.[36] Lack of awareness of symptoms and poor training in the risks associated with high-stress jobs can also contribute to high rates of STS.[35]

Compassion fatigue increases in intensity with increased interactions among the needy. Because of this, people living in urban cities are more likely to experience compassion fatigue. People in large cities interact with more people in general, and because of this, they become desensitized towards people's problems. Homeless people often make their way to larger cities. Ordinary people often become indifferent to homelessness when they see it regularly.[37]

Family

Recent studies reveal that the "overall compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction levels were moderate, thus highlighting the potential risk of compassion fatigue for family caregivers", indicating that primary family caregivers of patients could also experience compassion fatigue or STS[38].

In healthcare professionals[39]

Between 16% and 85% of health care workers in various fields develop compassion fatigue. In one study, 86% of emergency room nurses met the criteria for compassion fatigue.[40] In another study, more than 25% of ambulance paramedics were identified as having severe ranges of post-traumatic symptoms.[22] In addition, 34% of hospice nurses in another study met the criteria for secondary traumatic stress/compassion fatigue.[22]

There is a strong relationship between work-related stress and compassion fatigue which include factors such as: attitude to life, work-related stress, how one works, amount of time working at a single occupation, type of work, and gender all play a role[41]

Compassion fatigue is the emotional and physical distress caused by treating and helping patients that are deeply in need. This can desensitize healthcare professionals to others' needs, causing them to develop a lack of empathy for future patients.[42] There are three important components of Compassion Fatigue: Compassion satisfaction, secondary stress, and burnout.[43] It is important to note that burnout is not the same as Compassion Fatigue; Burnout is the stress and mental exhaustion caused by the inability to cope with the environment and continuous physical and mental demands.[44]

Healthcare professionals experiencing compassion fatigue may find it difficult to continue doing their jobs. While many believe that these diagnoses affect workers who have been practicing in the field the longest, the opposite proves true. Young physicians and nurses are at an increased risk for both burnout and compassion fatigue.[45] A study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine revealed that medical residents who work overnight shifts or work more than eighty hours a week are at higher risk of developing Compassion Fatigue.[46] Burnout was another major contributor to these professionals who had a higher risk of suffering from Compassion Fatigue. Burnout is a prevalent and critical contemporary problem that can be categorized as suffering from emotional exhaustion, de-personalization, and a low sense of personal accomplishment.[47] They can be exposed to trauma while trying to deal with compassion fatigue, potentially pushing them out of their career field. If they decide to stay, it can negatively affect the therapeutic relationship they have with patients because it depends on forming an empathetic, trusting relationship that could be difficult to make amid compassion fatigue. Because of this, healthcare institutions are placing increased importance on supporting their employee's emotional needs so they can better care for patients.[48]

Studies compiled in 2018 by Zang et al.[49] indicate that the level of education one obtains in the field of healthcare has an effect on levels of burnout, compassion satisfaction, and compassion fatigue. Studies show, it is indicated that those with higher levels of education in their respective field will experience lower rates of burnout and compassion fatigue, while also having increased levels of compassion satisfaction.

Another name and concept directly tied to compassion fatigue is moral injury. Moral injury in the context of healthcare was directly named in the Stat News article by Drs. Wendy Dean and Simon Talbot, entitled "Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They're suffering from moral injury."[50] The article and concept go on to explain that physicians (in the United States) are caught in double and triple and quadruple binds between their obligations of electronic health records, their student loans, the requirements for patient load through the hospital, and procedures performed – all while working towards the goal of trying to provide the best care and healing to patients possible. However, the systemic issues facing physicians often cause deep distress because the patients are suffering despite the physician's best efforts. This concept of moral injury in healthcare[51] is the expansion of the discussion around compassion fatigue and 'burnout.'

C.N.A.s/Caregivers

Caregivers for dependent people can also experience compassion fatigue, which can become a cause of abusive behavior in caring professions. It results from the taxing nature of showing compassion for someone whose suffering is continuous and unresolvable. One may still care for the person as required by policy, however, the natural human desire to help them is significantly diminished, causing desensitization and lack of enthusiasm for patient care.[52] This phenomenon also occurs among professionals involved in long-term health care, and for those who have institutionalized family members. These people may develop symptoms of depression, stress, and trauma. Those who are primary care providers for patients with terminal illnesses are at a higher risk of developing these symptoms. In the medical profession, this is often described as "burnout": the more specific terms secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma are also used.

Mental health professionals

Many that work in fields that require great amounts of empathy and compassion are exposed to these stressful experiences in their day-today work activities[53][54]. These fields mentioned include: social workers, psychologists, oncologists, pediatrics, HIV/AIDs workers, EMS, law enforcement, and of course, and general healthcare workers like nurses, etc[55]. Social workers are one group that can experience compassion fatigue or STS from experiencing a singular trauma or it can be from traumatic experiences building up over the years[56]. This can also occur because of a connection with a client and a shared similar traumatic experience[57].Overall, healthcare professionals in general are finding that they are burnt out with the price of empathy and compassion, otherwise known as, Compassion Fatigue. Most often describe feelings of “running on empty”[58]. The importance of the contribution of education and recognition cannot be negated in its import  of counter of compassion fatigue[59]. Other evidences support theories that meditation and reflection techniques such as Mindful-Based Stress Reduction Training and Compassion Cultivation Training, along with the support of administrators helps to fight and reduce STS[60][61]

Critical care personnel

Critical care personnel have the highest reported rates of burnout, a syndrome associated with progression to compassion fatigue. These providers witness high rates of patient disease and death, leaving them to question whether their work is truly meaningful. Additionally, top-tier providers are expected to know an increasing amount of medical information along with experienced high ethical dilemmas/medical demands.[62] This has created a workload-reward imbalance—or decreased compassion satisfaction. Compassion satisfaction relates to the “positive payment” that comes from caring.[63] With little compassion satisfaction, both critical care physicians and nurses have reported the above examples as leading factors for developing burnout and compassion fatigue.[64] Those caring for people who have experienced trauma can experience a change in how they view the world; they see it more negatively. It can negatively affect the worker's sense of self, safety, and control.[65] In ICU personnel, burnout and compassion fatigue has been associated with decreased quality of care and patient satisfaction, as well as increased medical errors, infection rates, and death rates, making this issue one of concern not only for providers but patients.[47] These outcomes also impact organization finances.[63] According to the Institute of Medicine, preventable adverse drug events or harmful medication errors (associated with compassion fatigue/burnout) occur in 1% to 10% of hospital admissions and account for a $3.5 billion cost.[66]

There are a total of four factors that are used to describe the underlying reasons for burnout, STS, and compassion fatigue: depressive mood, primary traumatic stress symptoms, responses to their patients' trauma, and sleep disturbances[67].

Those with a better ability to empathize and be compassionate are at a higher risk of developing compassion fatigue.[68] Because of that, healthcare professionals—especially those who work in critical care—who are regularly exposed to death, trauma, high stress environments, long work days, difficult patients, pressure from a patient's family, and conflicts with other staff members- are at higher risk.[66] These exposures increase the risk for developing compassion fatigue and burnout, which often makes it hard for professionals to stay in the healthcare career field. Those who stay in the healthcare field after developing compassion fatigue or burnout are likely to experience a lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, unwanted images or thoughts, insomnia, stress, desensitization and irritability.[52] As a result, these healthcare professionals may later develop substance abuse, depression, or commit suicide.[69] A 2018 study that examined differences in compassion fatigue in nurses based on their substance use found significant increases for those who used cigarettes, sleeping pills, energy drinks, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs. Unfortunately, despite recent, targeted efforts being made to reduce burnout, it appears that the problem is increasing. In 2011, a study conducted by the Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-Being at Mayo Clinic reported that 45% of physicians in the United States had one or more symptoms of burnout. In 2014, that number had increased to 54%.[47]

In student affairs professionals

In response to the changing landscape of post-secondary institutions, sometimes as a result of having a more diverse and marginalized student population, both campus services and the roles of student affairs professionals have evolved. These changes are efforts to manage the increases in traumatic events and crises.[70]

Due to the exposure to student crises and traumatic events, student affairs professionals, as front line workers, are at risk for developing compassion fatigue.[71] Such crises may include sexual violence, suicidal ideation, severe mental health episodes, and hate crimes/discrimination.[72]

Some research shows that almost half of all university staff named psychological distress as a factor contributing to overall occupational stress. This group also demonstrated emotional exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, and intention to quit their jobs within the next year,[73] symptoms associated with compassion fatigue.[74]

Factors contributing to compassion fatigue in student affairs professionals

Student affairs professionals who are more emotionally connected to the students with whom they work and who display an internal locus of control are found to be more likely to develop compassion fatigue as compared to individuals who have an external locus of control and are able to maintain boundaries between themselves and those with whom they work.[71]

In lawyers

Burnout and compassion fatigue can occur in the profession of law; it may occur because of "a discrepancy between expectations and outcomes," or thinking one may have a larger task to achieve than provided resources and support.[75]

Recent research shows that a growing number of attorneys who work with victims of trauma are exhibiting a high rate of compassion fatigue symptoms. In fact, lawyers are four times more likely to suffer from depression than the general public. They also have a higher rate of suicide and substance abuse. Most attorneys, when asked, stated that their formal education lacked adequate training in dealing with trauma. Besides working directly with trauma victims, one of the main reasons attorneys can develop compassion fatigue is because of the demanding case loads, and long hours that are typical to this profession.[76]

Prevention

In an effort to prepare and combat compassion fatigue, especially within healthcare professions, many have been implementing resiliency training, educating workers in coping during stressful situations, being aware and conscious in their duties, working with integrity, creating a support system that includes individuals and resources that can provide understanding and are sensitive to the risks of compassion fatigue, and finally workers are learning how to decompress and destress, utilizing self-care, are all components[77].

Personal self-care

Stress reduction and anxiety management practices have been shown to be effective in preventing and treating STS. Taking a break from work, participating in breathing exercises, exercising, and other recreational activities all help reduce the stress associated with STS. There is evidence that journaling and meditation can also mediate the effects of STS.[78] Conceptualizing one's own ability with self-integration from a theoretical and practice perspective helps to combat criticized or devalued phase of STS. In addition, establishing clear professional boundaries and accepting the fact that successful outcomes are not always achievable can limit the effects of STS.[79]

Social self-care

Social support and emotional support can help practitioners maintain a balance in their worldview.[80] Maintaining a diverse network of social support, from colleagues to pets, promotes a positive psychological state and can protect against STS.[79] Some problems with compassion fatigue stem from a lack of fundamental communication skills; counseling and additional support can be beneficial to practitioners struggling with STS.[81]

Self-compassion as self-care

In order to be the best benefit for clients, practitioners must maintain a state of psychological well-being.[82] Unaddressed compassion fatigue may decrease a practitioners ability to effectively help their clients. Some counselors who use self-compassion as part of their self-care regime have had higher instances of psychological functioning.[83] The counselors use of self-compassion may lessen experiences of vicarious trauma that the counselor might experience through hearing clients stories.[84] Self-compassion as a self-care method is beneficial for both clients and counselors.[85]

Mindfulness as self-care

Self-awareness as a method of self-care might help to alleviate the impact of vicarious trauma (compassion fatigue).[86] Students who took a 15-week course that emphasized stress reduction techniques and the use of mindfulness in clinical practice had significant improvements in therapeutic relationships and counseling skills.[87] The practice of mindfulness, according to Buddhist tradition is to release a person from “suffering” and to also come to a state of consciousness of and relationship to other people's suffering. Mindfulness utilizes the path to consciousness through the deliberate practice of engaging “the body, feelings, states of mind, and experiential phenomena (dharma).”[88] The following therapeutic interventions may be used as mindfulness self-care practices:

Scales Used for Assessment Administration Measure Accessible
Professional Quality of Life Measure ProQOL[90] self-test compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress online, available
Compassion Fatigue and/Satisfaction Self Test for Helpers[91] self-test compassion fatigue online, available
Maslach Burnout Inventory[92] administered burnout available for purchase

Compassion fade

Compassion fatigue is defined as “the physical and mental exhaustion and emotional withdrawal experienced by those who care for sick or traumatized people over an extended period of time”[93]. Compassion fatigue usually occurs with those whom we know; whether that is because of a personal relationship or professional relationship[94]. Compassion fade is defined as terminology to describe the why in which an individual’s compassion and empathy are reduced due to the amount or intricacy of the issue[95]. This also includes when the need and tragedy in of the world goes up and the amount of desire to help goes down (similar to a see-saw)[96]. For example, an individual is more likely to donate more money, time, or other types of assistance to a single person suffering, than to disaster aid or when the population suffering is larger [97][98][99]. It is a type of cognitive bias that helps people make their decision to help[100].

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