Professional quality of life, self-compassion, resilience, and empathy in healthcare professionals during COVID-19 crisis in Spain

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed healthcare professionals to suffering andstressful working conditions. The aim of this study was to analyze professionalquality of life among healthcare professionals and its relationship with empathy,resilience, and self‐compassion during the COVID‐19 crisis in Spain. A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 506 healthcare professionals, who participatedby completing an online questionnaire. A descriptive correlational analysis wasperformed. A multivariate regression analysis and a decision tree were used toidentify the variables associated with professional quality of life. Empathy, resi-lience, and mindfulness were the main predictors of compassion fatigue, compassionsatisfaction, and burnout, respectively