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February 27, 2026Bioscience JournalOpen Access

Occupational stress and compassion fatigue: a cross-sectional association study among nursing professionals

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LLLuciano Garcia LourençãoJPJosé Gustavo Monteiro PenhaUniversidade Federal do Rio GrandeDGDaniela Menezes GalvãoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande

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Implication

A cross-sectional study evaluates the link between occupational stress and compassion fatigue in nurses, suggesting the need for health policies.

Key Points

  • This study evaluates the relationship between occupational stress and compassion fatigue among Brazilian nurses.
  • Cross-sectional design involving 83 nurses from a Brazilian university hospital.
  • Assessment of occupational stress using the Work Stress Scale.
  • Evaluation of compassion fatigue with the Professional Quality of Life Scale.
  • Logistic regression modeled to analyze the association, adjusting for sociodemographic variables.
  • 65.9% of nurses reported compassion fatigue.
  • 34.9% exhibited signs of occupational stress.
  • A 10% increase in occupational stress was linked to a 33% increase in compassion fatigue likelihood.
  • Association impacted by age, sex, and sleep duration.

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Lourenção et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a1344fed1d949a99abe0e7https://doi.org/10.14393/bj-v42n0a2026-78555
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