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Descriptive statistics,\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analyses, and multiple linear regression were conducted for data analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The participants reported moderate level for compassion satisfaction (83.8%) and burnout (77.3%), and a low level for secondary traumatic stress (51.4%). The predictors explained 42.9% predicted 42.9, 49.1, and 16.9% of the variance in the model of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nurses\/midwives demonstrated moderate levels of burnout and low levels of secondary traumatic stress. 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