Objective      To investigate the current status and influencing factors of compassion fatigue in psychiatric nurses.       Methods      A total of 190 psychiatric nurses from 2 Grade A Class 3 hospitals in Chengdu city were recruited and investigated with a self-designed General Condition Questionnaire

Compassion fatigue scale

Trait Coping Style Questionnaire

the Life Event Scale (LES)

Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS).       Results      The total score of compassion fatigue was 101.95±7.14

and the mean scores of items were  2.83±0.22 in the cohort. Among the items

the score of abepithymia was the highest

while that of negative behavior was the lowest. Multiple regression analysis showed that gender

working years

negative live event and negative coping style were influencing factors of compassion fatigue (P0.05).       Conclusion       The compassion fatigue is in the medium level for psychiatric nurses

and affected by many factors. Certain attentions should be paid to and some measures should be taken to the nurses.