Impact of burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction on hand hygiene of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT

AIM: To assess the prevalence of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction and explore their impacts on self-reported hand hygiene among medical aid teams in the COVID-19 period in Wuhan, China. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHOD: A total of 1,734 healthcare workers from 17 medical aid teams were surveyed. The survey included burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction measured by the professional quality of life scale and self-reported hand hygiene. Data were collected between 5-7 March 2020. Multiple regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Burnout and secondary trauma stress were at low and average levels, and compassion satisfaction was at average and high levels. Burnout was negatively associated with hand hygiene, while compassion satisfaction was positively associated. Hospital administrators should pay attention to burnout and compassion satisfaction to improve infection control behaviours. Management of healthcare workers in our study may be constructive in emerging infectious diseases.