Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health for Faculty and Staff

The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) is a 30-item inventory and is the most commonly used measure of the negative and positive effects of helping others who experience suffering. It has sub-scales for compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue. The sub-scales are summed and converted to t-scores with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10. Scores higher than 57 indicate professional satisfaction while scores below 40 indicate possible problems with feeling satisfied professionally.

Staff retention (number of employees not resigning) will be compared between the teams completing the intervention and those who have not yet participated.

Staff absenteeism (number of missed work days) will be compared between the teams completing the intervention and those who have not yet participated.

The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) short form is a 21-item likert-scale measure that assesses the frequency of symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress during the past week. Respondents indicate the degree to which they agree with each statement on a scale of 0 to 3 where 0 = does not apply to me at all and 3 = applied to me very much, or most of the time. Total scores range from 0 to 63 and higher scores indicate increased feelings of depression, anxiety and stress.

The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA) is a 20-item questionnaire measuring general feelings of social isolation and dissatisfaction with one's social interactions. Participants rate each item on a scale from 1 (never) to 4 (often). When scoring the scale, certain items are reversed so that low scores correspond with low loneliness. Total scores range from 20 to 80, where higher scores indicate increased feelings of loneliness.

The PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Short Form is an 8-item scale assessing self-reported perceptions of sleep quality, sleep depth, and restoration associated with sleep. This includes perceived difficulties and concerns with getting to sleep or staying asleep, as well as perceptions of the adequacy of and satisfaction with sleep. Responses are given on a 5-point scale where 1 = no problems and 5 = very problematic. Total raw scores range from 8 to 40 where higher scores indicate greater sleep disturbances.

The CD-RISC-25 is a 25-item inventory measuring resilience. Responses are on a 5-point scale where 0 = rarely true and 4 = true nearly all of the time. Total scores range from 0 to 100 and higher scores indicate greater resilience.

The Workplace Incivility Scale is a 43-item instrument assessing perceived disrespect, condescension, or degradation in the healthcare environment. Responses are on a 5-point scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree. Total scores for the 3 subscales used here range from 0 to 116 and higher scores indicate greater perceived incivility in the workplace.

Prior to beginning the CCSH intervention, participants will complete a 6-item questionnaire assessing their interest in learning CBCT. Responses are given on a 7-point scale where 7-point scale where 0 = strongly disagree and 6 = strongly agree. Total scores range from 0 to 36 with higher scores indicating greater interest in the intervention. Participants in Cohort 1 will complete the questionnaire at the Baseline visit and participants in Cohort 2 will complete this questionnaire at the Week 24 visit (prior to beginning the second session of the intervention).

Upon completion of the CCSH intervention the participant's experiences with the intervention will be assessed with a 7-item scale asking questions about how beneficial the intervention was. Responses are given on a 7-point scale where 0 = strongly disagree and 6 = strongly agree. Total scores range from 0 to 42 with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction with the intervention. Participants in Cohort 1 will complete the questionnaire at the Week 5 visit and participants in Cohort 2 will complete this questionnaire at the Week 29 visit.