20.500.12556/RUP-23473 The relationship between compassion and burnout among employees in social care institutions The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between compassion and burnout among employees in social care institutions. A quantitative non-experimental research design was employed. Data were collected between October and December 2025 in five nursing homes for older adults in the North Primorska region. 158 nursing employees were recruited using the snowball sampling method. The results showed that employees had a moderate level of burnout and high levels of compassion. Spearman’s correlation analysis indicated that higher overall compassion was significantly associated with lower emotional exhaustion (ρ = −0.271, p-value 0.001) and depersonalisation (ρ = −0.318, p-value 0.001), and with higher personal accomplishment (ρ = 0.644, p-value 0.001). However, multiple regression analysis showed that compassion was not a significant predictor of emotional exhaustion or depersonalisation, while it significantly predicted personal accomplishment. Work experience and gender emerged as significant predictors of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation. The study’s findings indicate that compassion supports employee well-being, particularly by enhancing personal accomplishment; however, burnout is also influenced by demographic and organisational factors. Therefore, preventing burnout requires both strengthening individual compassion and improving organisational conditions such as staffing, workload, and support. compassion nurses professional burnout social care institutions sočutje medicinske sestre poklicna izčrpanost ustanove za socialno varstvo true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-08-14 00:15:15 2026-08-14 00:15:15 2026-08-14 03:08:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 str. 1-7 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova VTisku NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-08-13 159.96:614.2 1804-7122 10.32725/kont.2026.048 287762691 https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/corproof.php?tartkey=knt-000000-1938 1 3bb520f6-9764-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34398 https://doi.org/10.32725/kont.2026.048 1 3c4a9e7a-9764-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34399 RAZ_Antonic_Nada_2026.pdf RAZ_Antonic_Nada_2026.pdf 1 3B03CBDAAF3B4ECC6F52B6043DAC030B c4a4d980eb44b1c2279dc8b13d8e3c1a54c29248757695703113700238e9f19a 55804726-9764-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34400 Fakulteta za vede o zdravju 0 0 0