Oliver and collaborators; 2021 16
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Qualitative and quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study |
817 palliative care professionals from Spain, Argentina and Brazil answered the open-ended question: “Have you ever had specific training to cope with suffering and death?”. Scales used: Professional Self-Care Scale (PSCS), Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL). |
To offer evidence on the generalization of the self-care awareness model developed by Kearney and possible compassionate attitudes of participating professionals. |
Laor-Maayany and collaborators; 2020 17
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Quantitative correlational cross-sectional study |
64 Israeli oncologists completed self-administered questionnaires on compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, sadness, exposure to suffering and death, and feelings of failure. |
To explore associations of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction with oncologists’ grief and feelings of failure, as well as reported exposure to suffering and death. |
Pattison, Droney, Gruber; 2020 18
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Quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study |
The Maslach Burnout Inventory was administered to 63 members of an intensive and palliative care team in the United Kingdom, who were also interviewed with open-ended questions about support measures. |
To explore the occurrence of moral distress in areas of high risk of physical and emotional exhaustion with oncology professionals, in addition to possible measures to deal with moral distress. |
Phillips, Volker; 2020 19
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Qualitative exploratory cross-sectional study |
Semi-structured interviews with seven nurses from the United States who work in oncology. |
To explore emotional development during nursing work in oncology. |
Chang; 2018 20
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Quantitative correlational exploratory cross-sectional study |
Analysis of 323 questionnaires answered by nursing professionals from Taiwan, corresponding to the administration of the Death Coping Self-Efficacy Scale and the Social Support Scale. |
To explore how social support impacts the nursing team’s ability to cope with death at work. |
Grech, Depares, Scerri; 2018 21
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Qualitative exploratory cross-sectional study |
Semi-structured interviews were carried out with five nurses who work in hematologic oncology in the US. |
To explore experiences of hematologic oncology nurses who work directly with patients undergoing end-of-life care. |
Ko, Kiser-Larson; 2016 22
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Qualitative and quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study |
40 nurses and nursing assistants from an oncology outpatient clinic in the United States participated in an open interview, demographic questionnaire and administration of a scale (Nursing Stress Scale). |
To identify stressors in nurses working in oncology, exploring coping behaviors. |
Pereira and collaborators; 2016 23
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Quantitative comparative cross-sectional study |
Nationwide study carried out in Portugal using the following instruments: Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey, questionnaire on work experiences and ethical decisions, and questionnaire on sociodemographic and professional characteristics. 355 healthcare providers from ten intensive care units and nine palliative care units took part in the study. |
To identify and compare burnout levels among professionals working in intensive and palliative care units and assess which work experiences are associated with burnout. |
Sansó and collaborators; 2015 24
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Quantitative exploratory cross-sectional study |
Analysis of an online survey with 387 Spanish palliative care providers, using demographic data and the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Coping with Death Scale and Professional Quality of Life Scale. |
To better understand the relationship between professionals’ psychological aspects through the evaluation of an adaptation of Kearney’s model of consciousness. |
Mason and collaborators; 2014 25
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Quantitative correlational descriptive exploratory cross-sectional study |
26 nurses working in an intensive care unit in the United States took party in the survey by the total/partial administration of four scales. |
To examine the effect of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, moral distress and level of nursing education on the engagement of nurses in critical care. |
Zambrano, Chur-Hansen, Crawford; 2014 26
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Qualitative exploratory cross-sectional study |
Seven Australian physicians specializing in palliative medicine took part in an open interview, individually. |
To investigate experiences, coping resources and impact on dealing with death and dying in palliative care physicians. |