ProQOL | Center on Trauma & Children

Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)

© B. Hudnall Stamm, 2009-2012. Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL). www.proqol.org

When you [help] people you have direct contact with their lives. As you may have found, your compassion for those you [help] can affect you in positive and negative ways. Below are some questions about your experiences, both positive and negative, as a [helper]. Consider each of the following questions about you and your current work situation. Select the number that honestly reflects how frequently you experienced these things in the last 30 days

ProQOL

Questions	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I am happy.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I feel connected to others.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I am not as productive at work because I am losing sleep over traumatic experiences of a person I [help].	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I feel trapped by my job as a [helper].	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I have beliefs that sustain me.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I am the person I always wanted to be.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I feel worn out because of my work as a [helper].	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I feel overwhelmed because my case [work] load seems endless.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I feel 'bogged down' by the system.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
I am a very caring person.	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often

I am happy

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Important Information
(859) 218-6901	Center on Trauma and Children
(877) 597-2331	Kentucky Child Abuse Hotline
(888) 373-7888	National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call or Text 988	National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Information on childhood trauma	National Child Traumatic Stress Network