The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL – Version 5)

The ProQOL tool is comprised of 30 items that are scored on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often), with higher scores indicating higher levels on each subscale. The ProQOL Scale is comprised of three subscales with 10 items each that pertain to CS and CF comprised of BO and STS over the past four weeks. Reliability and validity of the tool have been demonstrated wherein the Cronbach’s alpha for CS was 0.88, burnout was 0.75, STS 0.81, and an overall alpha of 0.88 was obtained (Stamm, 2010). The ProQOL Scale offers a research measure with adequate convergent and discriminant validity, as well as construct validity when assessed using bifactor modelling of the three subscales (Geoffrion et al., 2019). In addition, the ProQOL Scale has been used in more than 200 peer reviewed papers (Stamm, 2010) involving studies of registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, and students of social work, midwifery, medicine, veterinary medicine, and nursing. In the current study, clarity was provided to participants that the terms ‘work’ and ‘job’ related to their role as a student in their program when providing care to patients, clients, and their families.