Healthcare practitioners' work-related quality of life can be considered within the framework of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. Compassion fatigue can have detrimental impacts for healthcare professionals, whereas compassion satisfaction relates to positive outcomes in ‘helping’ professions. Psychological flexibility has been identified as a resource that may buffer against compassion fatigue and promote compassion satisfaction. This systematic review aimed to examine associations between psychological flexibility and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction in healthcare professionals. Eligible studies were quantitative empirical studies aiming to assess these relationships. Four databases were searched (PsycINFO; Medline; CINAHL; EMBASE) along with reference lists and forward citations of eligible studies. Nine cross-sectional studies were included (2739 participants from various healthcare professions) and quality appraised using the AXIS tool. Meta-analyses (random effects model) indicated a significant medium negative association between psychological flexibility and compassion fatigue (r = −0.40; 95% CIs [-0.55, −0.29]; Z = −7.94, p = .001) and a significant small positive association between psychological flexibility and compassion satisfaction (r = 0.29; 95% CIs [0.23, 0.36]; Z = 10.56, p = .001). The significance and magnitude of these associations were robust to sensitivity analyses, undertaken to examine the influence of study heterogeneity on pooled estimates. Despite study variation in terms of measurement, sample size, and professional perspective of the sample, when heterogeneity is reduced following sensitivity analyses, significant associations remained. These findings may carry important implications for ranging healthcare professionals, in terms of the potential relationship between psychological flexibility and work-related quality of life.

可以在同情疲劳和同情满意度的框架内考虑医疗保健从业者与工作相关的生活质量。同情疲劳会对医疗保健专业人员产生不利影响，而同情满意度与“帮助”职业的积极成果有​​关。心理灵活性已被确定为一种资源，可以缓冲同情疲劳并提高同情满意度。本系统评价旨在检查医疗保健专业人员的心理灵活性与同情疲劳和同情满意度之间的关联。符合条件的研究是旨在评估这些关系的定量实证研究。搜索了四个数据库（PsycINFO；Medline；CINAHL；EMBASE）以及参考文献列表和符合条件的研究的前向引用。纳入了 9 项横断面研究（2739 名参与者来自不同的医疗保健专业）并使用 AXIS 工具进行质量评估。荟萃分析（随机效应模型）表明心理灵活性和同情疲劳之间存在显着的中等负相关。r  = -0.40; 95% 置信区间 [-0.55, -0.29]；Z  = -7.94, p  = .001) 以及心理灵活性和同情心满意度之间存在显着的小正相关 ( r  = 0.29; 95% CI [0.23, 0.36]; Z  = 10.56, p = .001）。这些关联的重要性和幅度对敏感性分析是稳健的，旨在检查研究异质性对汇总估计的影响。尽管研究在测量、样本量和样本的专业观点方面存在差异，但当敏感性分析后异质性降低时，仍然存在显着关联。就心理灵活性与工作相关生活质量之间的潜在关系而言，这些发现可能对范围广泛的医疗保健专业人员具有重要意义。