Association between mental health and professional quality of life among advocates for victims of sexual assault: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Association of past victimization experiences with professional quality of life and mental health

Victimization experiences	听					听	听	听	听	听
Sexual assault victimization	Experience (n鈥�=鈥�108)		No experience (n鈥�=鈥�142)			听	听	听	听	听
听	M	SD	Mean/MR	SD	t	U	Z	p	听	听
Compassion fatigue^a	19.44	5.1	19.63	5.4	鈭�0.27	听	听	0.788	听	听
Burnout^a	23.71	4.5	24.68	4.9	鈭�1.60	听	听	0.112	听	听
Compassion satisfaction^a	30.35	5.8	29.77	5.9	0.78	听	听	0.435	听	听
Traumatic stress^b	131.23	听	121.14	听	听	8286.5	1.1	0.273	听	听
Psychological distress^b	136.51	听	117.12	听	听	8857.5	2.13	0.033	听	听
Intimate partner violence victimization	听	Experience (n鈥�=鈥�88)			No experience (n鈥�=鈥�162)			听	听	听
听	听	Mean/MR		SD	Mean/MR	SD	t	U	Z	p
Compassion fatigue^a	听	20.08		6.1	19.26	4.8	1.17	听	听	0.244
Burnout^a	听	23.91		5.4	24.45	4.4	鈭�0.86	听	听	0.389
Compassion satisfaction^a	听	30.78		6	29.6	5.8	1.53	听	听	0.128
Traumatic stress^b	听	135.66		听	119.98	听	听	8022.5	1.64	0.1
Psychological distress^b	听	149.24		听	112.6	听	听	9217.5	3.89	&濒迟;鈥�0.001
Crime victimization	听	Experience (n鈥�=鈥�56)			No experience (n鈥�=鈥�194)			听	听	听
听	听	Mean/MR		SD	Mean/MR	SD	t	U	Z	p
Compassion fatigue^a	听	20.82		5.3	19.18	5.3	2.05	听	听	0.041
Burnout^a		23.68		5.6	24.43	4.5	鈭�1.04	听	听	0.298
Compassion satisfaction^a	听	31.25		6.3	29.66	5.7	1.8	听	听	0.074
Traumatic stress^b	听	137.89		听	121.92	听	听	7722	1.46	0.144
Psychological distress^b	听	135.06		听	122.74	听	听	5967.5	1.14	0.254

Notes a: Compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction were assessed using t-tests. (df鈥�=鈥�248). b: Traumatic stress and psychological distress were assessed using the Mann鈥揥hitney U test. Traumatic stress was measured using the impact of event scale-revised, and psychological distress was measured using the K6
Abbreviations: MR鈥�=鈥� mean rank; SD鈥�=鈥� standard deviation

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