caa a22 4500 605545006 CHVBK 20210128100934.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5 Who is at Risk for Compassion Fatigue? An Investigation of Genetic Counselor Demographics, Anxiety, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout [Elektronische Daten] [Whiwon Lee, Patricia Veach, Ian MacFarlane, Bonnie LeRoy] Compassion fatigue is a state of detachment and isolation experienced when healthcare providers repeatedly engage with patients in distress. Compassion fatigue can hinder empathy and cause extreme tension. Prior research suggests 73.8% of genetic counselors are at moderate to high risk for compassion fatigue and approximately 1 in 4 have considered leaving the field as a result Injeyan et al. (Journal of Genetic Counseling, 20, 526-540, 2011). Empirical data to establish a reliable profile of genetic counselors at risk for compassion fatigue are limited. Thus the purpose of this study was to establish a profile by assessing relationships between state and trait anxiety, burnout, compassion satisfaction, selected demographics and compassion fatigue risk in practicing genetic counselors. Practicing genetic counselors (n = 402) completed an anonymous, online survey containing demographic questions, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Professional Quality of Life scale. Multiple regression analysis yielded four significant predictors which increase compassion fatigue risk (accounting for 48% of the variance): higher levels of trait anxiety, burnout, and compassion satisfaction, and ethnicity other than Caucasian. Additional findings, study limitations, practice implications, and research recommendations are provided. National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., 2014 Compassion fatigue nationallicence Anxiety nationallicence Burnout nationallicence Satisfaction nationallicence Genetic counselor nationallicence Counselor ethnicity nationallicence Lee Whiwon Medical Division, Genzyme Korea Co., Ltd, Seoul, South Korea aut Veach Patricia Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Building, 56 E. River Road, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut MacFarlane Ian Department of Psychology, Austin College, Sherman, TX, USA aut LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/2(2015-04-01), 358-370 1059-7700 24:2<358 2015 24 10897 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-014-9716-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Whiwon Medical Division, Genzyme Korea Co., Ltd, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Veach Patricia Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 250 Education Sciences Building, 56 E. River Road, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MacFarlane Ian Department of Psychology, Austin College, Sherman, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LeRoy Bonnie Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Genetic Counseling Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/2(2015-04-01), 358-370 1059-7700 24:2<358 2015 24 10897