However, the analysis indicates a significant positive correlation between reported levels of secondary traumatic stress and compassion in medical staff. The Impact of Events Scale shows that more compassionate medical workers report higher levels of intrusive symptoms (r = .342, N = 77, p < .01). On the other hand, there is no significant relation between avoidance symptoms and compassion. More compassionate professionals report being more burned-out. There is no significant correlation between compassion satisfaction and compassion.