Compassion Fatigue in Chest Disease Clinicians: The Effect of Psychological Capital and the Relationship between Colleagues.

Objective: Compassion fatigue is representative of the cost of caring and is reported to have significant negative effects. Compassion fatigue needs to be better understood in order to define, prevent, and intervene. The aim of this study is to determine the level of compassion fatigue and possible predictors (demographics, vocational features, satisfaction, and psychological capital) in physicians and nurses working in chest diseases and thoracic surgery hospital.