Workplace factors associated with compassion fatigue in the palliative care team of the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja, 2024

Romero Colter M.A.; Podestá Gavilano L.E.; Balcázar Avila C.L. · Revista del Cuerpo Medico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo (2026) · DOI: 10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2026.191.2879

Resumen

Introduction: Compassion fatigue has a significant emotional impact on healthcare professionals, possibly due to the nature of the situations they encounter daily. Therefore, it is important to understand which occupational factors are associated with this problem. Objective: To determine the relationship between work-related factors and compassion fatigue in the palliative care team of the National Institute of Child Health in San Borja, 2024. Methods: A non-experimental, quantitative, correlational, and prospective study. The sample included 128 healthcare professionals. Data analysis was performed using Spearman's Rho and binary logistic regression. Results: Of the professionals, 53.1% were between 36 and 45 years old, 86.7% were women, 46.1% had no children, 86.7% had a medical specialty, and 16.4% held a master's degree. A significant and direct relationship was found between occupational factors and compassion fatigue (Rho=0.326; p<0.001). The dimensions of organizational-human relations (Rho=0.313; p<0.001) and environmental factors (Rho=0.228; p=0.010) were also significant. Multivariate analysis showed that holding a master's degree is a factor associated with compassion fatigue, indicating that having a master's degree results in a lower probability of experiencing high compassion fatigue compared to those without this degree (p=0.013; OR=0.244; 95%CI: 0.079-0.746). Conclusions: There is a significant relationship between work-related factors and compassion fatigue in the palliative care team.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Universidad de San Martín de Porres