Relationship between ProQOL outcomes and hypothesised consequences for patient care (bivariate analyses)
| Variable | N | Compassion satisfaction (tscore) | Burnout (tscore) | Secondary traumatic stress (tscore) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | p Value | Mean (SD) | p Value | Mean (SD) | p Value | ||
| Irritable with patients | |||||||
| Never to my knowledge | 119 | 54.2 (8.2) | <0.001 | 46.3 (8.9) | <0.001 | 47.5 (9.0) | <0.001 |
| Once or twice | 324 | 523. (8.1) | 49.0 (8.4) | 48.8 (8.7) | |||
| Monthly | 134 | 47.9 (7.0) | 54.0 (7.4) | 52.8 (9.3) | |||
| At least weekly | 85 | 45.7 (8.1) | 58.3 (7.7) | 57.2 (10.1) | |||
| Irritable with work colleagues | |||||||
| Never to my knowledge | 69 | 55.6 (7.6) | <0.001 | 43.4 (8.6) | <0.001 | 43.8 (8.7) | <0.001 |
| Once or twice | 319 | 52.3 (8.2) | 48.7 (8.2) | 49.1 (8.7) | |||
| Monthly | 160 | 49.8 (7.8) | 52.6 (7.7) | 51.8 (9.5) | |||
| At least weekly | 114 | 45.4 (7.2) | 58.2 (7.2) | 56.4 (9.6) | |||
| Reduce standards of care | |||||||
| Never to my knowledge | 160 | 54.1 (8.6) | <0.001 | 47.1 (9.3) | <0.001 | 47.4 (9.5) | <0.001 |
| Once or twice | 287 | 51.7 (7.8) | 49.5 (7.9) | 49.4 (8.4) | |||
| Monthly | 91 | 48.0 (7.8) | 53.2 (8.6) | 52.4 (9.2) | |||
| At least weekly | 124 | 47.0 (7.9) | 56.4 (8.4) | 55.5 (10.5) | |||
| Mistake that could have harmed | |||||||
| Never to my knowledge | 431 | 51.9 (8.2) | <0.001* | 49.4 (8.8) | <0.001* | 48.7 (9.0) | <0.001* |
| Once or twice | 203 | 49.2 (8.7) | 52.8 (8.9) | 53.0 (9.8) | |||
| Monthly | 27 | 47.6 (7.5) | 56.1 (9.5) | 58.4 (9.2) | |||
| At least weekly | 1 | 57.3 | 59.8 | 62.5 | |||
| Mistake that did harm | |||||||
| Never to my knowledge | 590 | 52.1 (8.4) | 0.011† | 50.1 (9.0) | <0.001† | 49.8 (9.3) | <0.001† |
| Once or twice | 68 | 48.5 (8.1) | 55.4 (8.2) | 55.8 (9.8) | |||
| Monthly | 4 | 47.5 | 56.6 | 53.8 | |||
| At least weekly | 1 | 54.5 | 47 | 53.8 | |||
| Plans to retire early | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 263 | 53.8 (8.3) | <0.001 | 47.6 (9.0) | <0.001 | 48.5 (9.1) | |
| Yes | 399 | 49.0 (7.9) | 52.8 (8.4) | 51.7 (9.7) | |||
One-way analysis of variance.
*Three group comparison (never vs once or twice vs at least monthly).
†Two group comparison (never vs ever).
ProQOL, Professional Quality of Life. Bold figures are statistically significant (p<0.05).
t-score, standardised score derived from ProQOL raw scores with mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10.