Occupational Stress & Compassion Fatigue: The effects on workers in animal-related occupations

s which initially appeared relevant were imported for later assessment of suitability. Each complete paper was sourced for review, read in full by the first author (RS), and subsequently reviewed by the other authors (DM and HK). Articles were excluded if they related to human health caregivers or if they described occupational stress or compassion fatigue but did not include any formal evaluations. Studies were excluded if they addressed an unrelated subject or focused on management strategies or coping mechanisms. There were no publication date restrictions placed on the search. Because of the variability of study designs (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) a valid assessment of bias could not be conducted.