The impact of compassion fatigue and work-life balance on life satisfaction: A study of healthcare professionals in Türkiye.
Fatma Çiftçi Kıraç, Melek Yağcı Özen, Ramazan Kıraç and 1 others
PMID 41528938WHAT IT FOUND
For healthcare workers, occupational burnout and work interfering with life lowered life satisfaction.
However, secondary trauma did not. Having a positive balance where work helps life and life helps work improved satisfaction. The model explained only a small part of overall well-being.
Key findings
01Occupational burnout significantly reduced life satisfaction, but secondary trauma had no significant effect.
02Positive work-life balance aspects, where work helps life and life helps work, significantly increased life satisfaction, while negative work-to-life impact decreased it.
03The combined model of compassion fatigue and work-life balance explained only 12.5% of the variance in life satisfaction.
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What it does not show
The study used convenience sampling from a single hospital, limiting generalizability to other settings or regions. Participants included both clinical staff and administrators, but occupational distribution data was not collected, so results cannot be separated by job role. The cross-sectional design prevents determining cause and effect. The model explained only a small portion (12.5%) of life satisfaction, suggesting other unmeasured factors are important. Self-reported data may be subject to bias.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The study was conducted with ethical approval from the university's Social and Humanities Ethics Committee and permission from the hospital administration.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that addressing secondary trauma alone will improve life satisfaction, as this study found no significant link between secondary trauma and life satisfaction. Additionally, do not overstate the impact of work-life balance interventions, as these variables explained only a small fraction of overall life satisfaction.