A cross-sectional survey on compassion fatigue among emergency department nurses in Grade A tertiary hospitals in western China

To measure the level of CF among nurses, the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)-5 developed by Stamm (Stamm, 2010) in 2010 was applied. There are three dimensions of the scale: compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout (BO), and secondary traumatic stress (STS). ProQOL-C specified cut-off values for three dimensions: CS<37, BO>27, and STS>17.

Severity of CF was classified according to these cut-off points: "None" (none of the dimensions exceeds the cut-off points), "Mild" (one dimension exceeds the cut-off points), "Moderate" (two dimensions exceed the cut-off points), and "Severe" (all three dimensions exceed the cut-off points). CF severity was taken as the outcome variable to build the model in this study. It should be noted that the ProQOL is not a diagnostic tool; thus, the cut‑off points and severity stratification criteria used in this study are intended exclusively for model development.

Variable coding: Sex: Male = 0, Female = 1 Education: Associate or below = 0, Bachelor’ s degree or above = 1 Professional title: Nurse: Reference group; Staff nurse (dummy1): No = 0, Yes = 1; Charge nurse (dummy2): No = 0, Yes = 1; Associate chief nurse or above (dummy3): No = 0, Yes = 1 Employment type: Permanent staff = 0, Contract staff = 1 Marital status: Unmarried = 0, Married = 1 Having children: No = 0, Yes = 1 Drink: No = 0, Yes = 1 Chronic pain: No = 0, Yes = 1 Insomnia frequency: Rarely = 1, Sometimes = 2, Frequently = 3 Exercise frequency: Rarely = 1, Sometimes = 2, Frequently = 3 Conflict frequency: Rarely = 1, Sometimes = 2, Frequently = 3 Job satisfaction: Very dissatisfied = 1, Dissatisfied = 2, Normal = 3, Satisfied = 4, Very satisfied = 5 Compassion fatigue (CF): None = 0, Mild = 1, Moderate = 2, Severe = 3

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There are discrepancies between some variable names in the data table and their official names. For example: title (staff) = staff nurse, title (charge) = charge nurse, title (associate) = associate chief nurse and above, MAAS=Mindfulness, CD_RISC=Resilience, SSRS=Social support, ELSEmotional labor