Compassion Fatigue Perawat di Masa Pandemi COVID-19 [Nurses' Compassion Fatigue during the COVID-19 Pandemic]

Compassion fatigue is often interpreted as a consequence of the overwhelming sense of empathy given by health workers repeatedly while caring for patients. Compassion fatigue can occur in each work unit or in each country. The pandemic situation is causing health workers, especially nurses who have direct contact with patients, experience a high risk of infection, crisis, fear and depression. The purpose of this study was to describe nurses compassion fatigue during COVID-19 pandemic in Tangerang using a descriptive quantitative methods. Convenience sampling technique was used, obtaining 320 nurses. The instrument used was the Indonesian version of compassion fatigue questionnaire that was adopted from the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) questionnaire to measure burnout (Cronbach Alpha 0.7) and secondary trauma stress (Cronbach Alpha 0.749). The result of this study found that 227 (70.9%) nurses experienced high compassion fatigue), with 294 (91.9%) nurses moderately experienced burnout and 276 (86,3%) nurses moderately experienced secondary trauma stress. Given the high level of compassion fatigue that has occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hoped that health service providers can provide ongoing support for the emotional well-being of health workers involved especially nurses directly handle COVID-19 patients. In addition, futher research can be carried out using a broad population.