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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Palliat Care Med, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7386 Geriatrics 2017
September 4-5, 2017
September 4-5, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing
7th International Conference on
COMPASSION FATIGUE AND COMPASSION SATISFACTION AMONG INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF
OLDERADULTS, INARAB ISRAELI
Rabia Khalailaa
aZefat Academic College, Israel
There is extensive professional literature on compassion fatigue among professional caregivers, yet very few studies of the
phenomenon among informal family caregivers of an elderly relative.The aims were to examine the association between caregiving
burden and compassion fatigue (burnout, secondary traumatization), and compassion satisfaction among informal caregivers; and
to examine models of mediation (social support and coping style) and moderating effect (emotional empathy) in these associations.
Cross-sectional study studied 300 informal caregivers of an elderly parent from the Arab community in Israel. Data gathering was
accomplished through face-to-face interviews in Arabic using structured questionnaires. Linear regression analyses were applied to
the hypotheses using bootstrapping models. The results showed about 20%-45% of the caregivers suffer from various symptoms of
compassion fatigue. A positive correlation was found between caregiving burden and burnout and secondary traumatization. These
associations were found to be partially mediated by disengagement coping and perceived social support. A negative correlation
was found between the burden and compassion satisfaction of the care. This association was found to be partially mediated by
disengagement coping. Findings showed that emotional empathy moderates the association between caregiving burden and burnout.
The study suggests that compassion fatigue exists among informal caregivers in the Arab community in Israel. The current study
shows that compassion fatigue may be reduced by lessening the burden of care, reinforcing social support, and reducing the use
of disengagement coping. Decreased emotional empathy by the caregiver is likely to be protection against the harmful effects of
caregiving burden on burnout.
Biography
Rabia Khalaila worked for 10 years at Hadassah Hospital as a staff nurse, and he was promoted in the last 5 years to be a head nurse in the intensive care unit.
In 2009 he moved to work in the Zefat Academic College. Rabia is the head of the Department of Nursing in Zefat College. His research interests include nursing,
social gerontology and nursing education. He published 24 written works mostly in peer review journals and another four papers are in preparation or under review
process.
Rabia Khalaila, J Palliat Care Med 2017, 7:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386-C1-011