Printable Version Professional Quality of Life Scale

PROFESSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE (PROQOL)
Compassion Satisfaction and FatigueVersion 5 (Stamm, 2009)

When you [help] people you have direct contact with their lives. As you may have found, your compassion for those you [help] can affect you in positive and negative ways. Below are some questions about your experiences, both positive and negative, as a [helper]. Consider each of the following questions about you and your current work situation. Select the number that honestly reflects how frequently you experienced these things in the last 30 days.

1=Never         2=Rarely         3=Sometimes        4=Often         5=Very Often  _____

1. I am happy. _____
2. I am preoccupied with more than one person I [help]. _____
3. I get satisfaction from being able to [help] people. _____
4. I feel connected to others._____
5. I jump or am startled by unexpected sounds. _____
6. I feel invigorated after working with those I [help]. _____
7. I find it difficult to separate my personal life from my life as a [helper]. _____
8. I am not as productive at work because I am losing sleep over traumatic experiences of a person I [help]. _____
9. I think that I might have been affected by the traumatic stress of those I [help]. _____
10. I feel trapped by my job as a [helper]._____
11. Because of my [helping], I have felt "on edge" about various things._____
12. I like my work as a [helper]._____
13. I feel depressed because of the traumatic experiences of the people I [help]._____
14. I feel as though I am experiencing the trauma of someone I have [helped]._____
15. I have beliefs that sustain me. ____
16. I am pleased with how I am able to keep up with [helping] techniques and protocols. _____
17. I am the person I always wanted to be. _____
18. My work makes me feel satisfied._____
19. I feel worn out because of my work as a [helper]. _____
20. I have happy thoughts and feelings about those I [help] and how I could help them. _____
21. I feel overwhelmed because my case [work] load seems endless. _____
22. I believe I can make a difference through my work. _____
23. I avoid certain activities or situations because they remind me of frightening experiences of the people I [help]._____
24. I am proud of what I can do to [help]._____
25. As a result of my [helping], I have intrusive, frightening thoughts. _____
26. I feel "bogged down" by the system. _____
27. I have thoughts that I am a "success" as a [helper]._____
28. I can't recall important parts of my work with trauma victims. _____
29. I am a very caring person. _____
30. I am happy that I chose to do this work. © B. Hudnall Stamm, 2009. Professional Quality of Life: Compassion

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