Afectaciones del síndrome de fatiga por compasión en el personal de salud

Abstract

In comparison fatigue syndrome, it is very common in health personnel, because they are exposed to situations that wear them down physically and emotionally. The foregoing is due to the fact that most of these situations that they are faced with in their daily lives involve scenarios of suffering, anguish and death, which generates an emotional burden on professionals, which is why this article seeks to carry out a brief search of the affectations that this syndrome causes in health personnel, that is why different sources are taken to provide information to this article. Among the results obtained, it can be seen that the main affectations that this syndrome has affect their work, social, family life, etc. most of the time. On the other hand, different sources of information were obtained in Latin America, however, Colombian sources were almost scarce, so it is recommended to give more attention and support to this issue because it is important to take into account that Colombian health personnel also It deserves to be oriented around this topic, since individuals who experience compassion fatigue manifest a feeling of tiredness, which produces a generalized decrease in desire, ability or energy to help other individuals (García Quintero and Galvis Blanco, 2019).