Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue: Experiences of Rehabilitation Healthcare Workers in Rural and Remote Locations in Australia
Table 2
Thematic table for aspects reported as influencing participants’ compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue.
Overarching themes
Subthemes
Codes
Perceived influence on CS and CF
CS
CF
Theme 1: quality of work life
(i) Psychosocial stressors
Personal relationships
✓
✓
Family and personal stress
✓
✓
(ii) Work-life balance
Personal boundaries
✓
✓
Performance expectations
✗
✓
(iii) Rurality
Professional isolation
✓
✓
Travel
✓
✓
Theme 2: organisational and workplace culture
(i) Health, safety, and wellbeing
Environmental conditions
✗
✓
Client behaviour
✗
✓
(ii) Human resources
Workplace relationships
✗
✓
Staff recruitment and retention
✓
✓
Theme 3: organisational management practices
(i) Stakeholder expectations
Stakeholder management
✗
✓
Caseload
✓
✓
(ii) Service delivery model
Provision of care
✓
✓
Employee support
✓
✓
✓ Indicates a perceived influence on compassion satisfaction/compassion fatigue. ✗ Indicates no perceived influence on compassion satisfaction/compassion fatigue.
