What does the ProQOL measure?
The ProQOL is the most commonly used measure of the negative and positive affects of helping others who experience suffering and trauma. The ProQOL has sub-scales for compassion satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue. The measure has been in use since 1995.
How the ProQOL is used in research?
The ProQOL is the most commonly used method for measuring the negative and positive effects of helping others who experience suffering and trauma. This tool assesses professionals’ quality of life via three subscales, the CS, CF, and BO, with each dimension being represented by 10 items.
What is professional quality of life scale?
The ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life Scale)17,18 was developed as a measure of both the negative and positive effects of working with those who have experienced traumatic stress. The ProQOL has sub-scales for compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
What is Stamm’s theory of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue?
Theoretical Framework: Stamm’s Theory of Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue serves as the theoretical framework for the study. Compassion satisfaction describes nurses’ satisfaction when caring for patients and feeling competent and supported by colleagues.
How do you score ProQOL?
To score the ProQOL, reverse items 1, 4, 15, 17, and 29 then score the three scales (Compassion Satisfaction Scale, Burnout Scale, and Trauma/ Compassion Fatigue Scale) of the ProQOL. It is important to note that 0 remains 0 when scores are reversed as it always denotes the absence of the construct.
What is the Compassion Fatigue?
What is compassion fatigue? Compassion fatigue Opens in a new window is the cost of caring for others or for their emotional pain, resulting from the desire to help relieve the suffering of others. It is also known as vicarious or secondary trauma, referencing the way that other people’s trauma can become their own.
Who developed ProQOL?
Charles Figley
The measure was originally called the Compassion Fatigue Self Test and developed by Charles Figley in the late 1980s, the ProQOL 5th edition was developed in 2009. For a full summary of the psychometric properties of the ProQOL see the Concise ProQOL Manual, 2nd Ed.
What is the compassion fatigue?
Is compassion fatigue a real thing?
Compassion fatigue is not psychobabble; it’s a real diagnosis, also known as “secondary trauma stress,” Smith said. Its symptoms include isolation, physical ailments, bottled-up emotions, substance abuse, and recurring nightmares and flashbacks.
What does the ProQOL mean for professional quality of life?
The scores are estimates of your compassion satisfaction and fatigue. It is important that you use this information to assist you in understanding how your professional quality of life is, not to set you into one category or the other. The ProQOL is not a medical test and should not be used for diagnosis.
Who is the owner of the ProQOL database?
After many years of development by Dr. Beth Hudnall Stamm, ownership of the ProQOL has been transferred to the Center for Victims of Torture(CVT). CVT is a mental health and human rights NGO operating in several countries around the world.
How can I Share my ProQOL with others?
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