Investigation of Compassion Competence, Risk of Compassion Fatigues, and Burnout Among Multicultural Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah

Abstract

Since 2019, the world has faced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a significant public health crisis that continues to be threatening to human life (Huang et al., 2020). Globally, COVID-19 has affected 231 countries including Saudi Arabia with over 710 million confirmed cases and more than 7 million deaths reported. Approximately 15% of cases have developed severe complications with a rate of 3.6 % case fatality (WHO, 2020). Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission rates due to COVID-19 have fluctuated over time, across different regions, and depending on the prevalence of various variants, with figures reaching as high as 30 to 120 patients per million people (Maslove, et. al 2022).