Highlights
- •More than 98 % of mental health nurses in Uganda report moderate levels of burnout.
- •Almost half of mental health nurses in Uganda report significant traumatic stress.
- •Burnout and traumatic stress are associated with poor sleep quality.
- •Compassion fatigue, burnout and traumatic stress are associated with inactivity.
- •Compassion fatigue is associated with harmful drinking.
Abstract
Purpose
This cross-sectional study aimed (a) to explore levels of compassion satisfaction,
secondary traumatic stress, and symptoms of burnout among Ugandan mental health nurses
working in regional referral hospitals in Uganda during the Covid-19 pandemic, and
(b) to investigate associations between compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic
stress, and symptoms of burnout and sedentary levels, physical activity (PA) levels,
sleep quality, and harmful drinking.
Material and methods
In total 108 mental health nurses from 8 regional referral hospitals across Uganda
(age = 34.8 ± 10.0 years; 55.6 % female) completed the Professional Quality of Life
Scale-5, (PQoLS-5), the Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ), Physical
Activity Vital Sign (PAVS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Alcohol Use
Disorder Identification Test – Concise (AUDIT-C). Spearman Rho correlations and Mann-Whitney
U tests were applied.
Results
ProQOL-5 compassion satisfaction correlated significantly with SIMPAQ walking, PSQI
and AUDIT-C, ProQOL-5 burnout with SIMPAQ exercise and PSQI and ProQOL-5 traumatic
with SIMPAQ walking and PSQI. Mental health nurses meeting PA guidelines reported
higher ProQOL-5 compassion satisfaction and lower ProQOL-5 burnout and traumatic stress
than those who did not. Those who reported a poor sleep quality reported significantly
less ProQOL-5 compassion satisfaction and higher ProQOL-5 burnout than those who did
not. Those who reported harmful drinking patterns reported a significantly lower compassion
satisfaction versus those who did not.
Discussion
In mental health nurses, a lower professional quality of life is associated with an
unhealthy lifestyle. The effectiveness and efficacy of resilience and self-care programs
for mental health nurses focusing on unhealthy lifestyle patterns should be explored.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 31, 2022
Accepted:
August 22,
2022
Received in revised form:
August 22,
2022
Received:
February 17,
2022
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