Compassion Fatigue Survey

If you are a wildlife rehabilitator, I encourage you to fill out the following survey. Not only does it aid in my ongoing research, it gives the rest of the rehab community a better idea of what caring for wildlife can do to our mental health. If you would like to read about my original results, click the link to be taken to the article.

Want to score your results?

Here’s the breakdown: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Very Often = 5

I recommend grabbing an extra writing tool to make it simpler. Convert your scores numerically, making the proper inversions listed below, and calculate them according to each section of the survey.

For questions 1, 4, 15, 17, & 29, you will reverse your score (these are all in the Burnout section). Here’s what that looks like:

1 —> 5

2 —> 4

3 —> 3

4 —> 2

5 —> 1

Compassion Satisfaction Scale:

Total questions 3, 6, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, & 30.

If your total is 22 or less, your compassion satisfaction is low

If your total is 23-41, your compassion satisfaction is moderate

If your total is 42+, your compassion satisfaction is high

Burnout Scale

Total questions 1, 4, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21, 26, & 29.

If you score 22 or below, your burnout level is low

If you score 23-41, your burnout level is moderate

If you score 42+, your burnout level is high

Secondary Trauma Stress Scale

Total questions 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 23, 25, & 28.

If you score 22 or less, your secondary traumatic stress level is low

If you score 23-41, your secondary traumatic stress level is moderate

If you score 42+, your secondary traumatic stress level is high