The mediating effects of Mindful Self-care and Nurses’ Perceived Professional Benefits on the relationship between Compassion Satisfaction and Burnout of Chinese Oncology Nurses: a cross sectional study 

Abstract Background Oncology nurses experience more stress than other unit which can lead to burnout. Burnout can infect oncology nurses’ caring behavior of empathy-based care and change their well-being. Many researches demonstrates the potential associations between compassion satisfaction, mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits and burnout. This study aimed to explore the mediation role of satisfaction, mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits on the relationships between compassion satisfaction and burnout. Methods An online anonymous cross-sectional survey of 301 oncology nurses was conducted from May to April 2023. The survey was conducted following the CHERRIES checklist. The subjects were given the general demographic information questionnaire, professional quality of life scale, brief mindful self-care scale and brief nurses’ perceived professional benefits questionnaire. The data was processed by SPSS and AMOS. The descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, structural equation modeling, and the bootstrap method were used. Results 285 valid questionnaires were obtained. The correlation analysis identified a positive correlation between compassion satisfaction, mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits and burnout(r=-0.700-0.743, P < 0.001). Mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits partially mediated the relationship between compassion satisfaction and burnout. Mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits played a chain mediating role between compassion satisfaction and burnout. Conclusions The underlying mechanism can explain the relationships between compassion satisfaction and burnout: a direct predictor and an indirect effect through mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits. Nursing manager should pay more attention to the importance of compassion satisfaction and construct tailored strategies for improving burnout depending on mindful self-care and nurses’ perceived professional benefits.