Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2024
Date Accepted: May 21, 2025
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Review Protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
Compassion fatigue and burnout among healthcare professionals are growing concerns, impacting the well-being of both providers and patients.
Objective:
Map existing evidence on the levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress among healthcare professionals, while identifying factors influencing their professional quality of life.
Methods:
We will conduct a scoping review using established methods proposed by Arksey and O’Malley and Levac et al., also incorporating the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) for scoping reviews and reporting guidelines. EMBASE, ERIC, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science will be searched from March 2019 to March 2024, with an update closer to the time of manuscript submission. Grey literature sources will also be searched. Publications that contain primary studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical guidelines addressing compassion fatigue and burnout prevention in healthcare professionals will be selected for inclusion. Extracted data items will include: study characteristics, interventions for prevention of compassion fatigue and burnout, measures of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress, as well as quality of reporting and methodology.
Results:
A narrative synthesis with summary tables will be used to describe our findings. The review is expected to be completed by December 2025, the search strategy has been developed and pilot tested.
Conclusions:
Our findings will help identify gaps in the literature with respect to compassion fatigue and burnout prevention strategies for healthcare professionals. This review will provide a comprehensive overview of current research, informing future interventions and policies aimed at improving healthcare professionals' well-being and job satisfaction Clinical Trial: https://osf.io/r83cu (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/R83CU)
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