Asian Oncol Nurs.  2022 Dec;22(4):235-244. 10.5388/aon.2022.22.4.235.

Factors Affecting Intensive Care Unit Nurses’ Care Burden of Patients with Hematologic Neoplasm

• Lee J
• Jeong DS
• Jeon H
• Kim JH
• Kim DY

• KMID: 2537761
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2022.22.4.235

Abstract

Purpose
This study was a descriptive study to identify the factors affecting nurses' care burden of patients with hematologic neoplasm (PHN) in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Methods
A total of 139 ICU nurses were enrolled and data were collected using self-report questionnaires about compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, nursing work performance, and the care burden of PHN. Data were analyzed using the independent t-test and one–way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression analysis.
Results
The average of nurses’ care burden of PHN was 35.75 points in the ICU. Analyzing the correlations among the main variables showed that the care burden of PHN showed a negative correlation with compassion satisfaction and nursing work performance, and a positive correlation with compassion fatigue. We noted that the compassion satisfaction showed a negative correlation with burnout and a positive correlation with nursing work performance. The factor affecting the care burden of PHN was burnout (β=.30, p=.019), and showed a significant explanatory power of 16.0% (F=7.37, p<.001)
Conclusion
Efforts such as policies and nurse support programs are needed to reduce burnout, a factor that affects care burden of PHN in intensive care nurses.

Keyword

Caregiver burden; Hematologic neoplasms; Intensive care unit; Personal satisfaction; Compassion fatigue; Work performance