Construction and Validation of a Stress Scale Specific to ICUs: Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units (PS-ICU)

NCT02853851 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: API/2014/56
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to construct and validate an international professional perceived stress scale specific to intensive care units: the PS-ICU Scale (Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units).

Conditions

Work Stress

Keywords

Stress factors,; intensive care units,; scale,; quality of care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• GENERATION OF ITEMS : Identifying the stress factors

  In order to construct a first questionnaire based on all of the factors of perceived stress in intensive care, our research team will begin by identifying the stress factors. This identification will involve two main sources:

  up to 24 month

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• GENERATION OF ITEMS: Selecting the items

  up to 6 month

• GENERATION OF ITEMS: Administering the PS-ICU questionnaire

  up to 24 month

• GENERATION OF ITEMS: Construction of the PS-ICU scale

  up to 24 month

Study Arms (4)

France

10 senior physicians, 10 interns, 10 experienced nurses (with more than one year of experience in the service) and 10 inexperienced nurses (with less than one year of experience in the service)

Other: interviews

Italy

10 senior physicians, 10 interns, 10 experienced nurses (with more than one year of experience in the service) and 10 inexperienced nurses (with less than one year of experience in the service)

Other: interviews

spain

10 senior physicians, 10 interns, 10 experienced nurses (with more than one year of experience in the service) and 10 inexperienced nurses (with less than one year of experience in the service)

Other: interviews

montreal

10 senior physicians, 10 interns, 10 experienced nurses (with more than one year of experience in the service) and 10 inexperienced nurses (with less than one year of experience in the service)

Other: interviews

Interventions

interviews OTHER

Each subject will be asked to participate in an individual semidirective interview lasting about 40 minutes on the theme of the stress factors encountered in intensive care. All of the interviews will be audio-taped, transcribed and anonymized. The participants will also have to answer a socio-demographic questionnaire (sex, age, socio-professional category, speciality in intensive care, working hours, family situation, training, diplomas, length of time in the service).

France; Italy; montreal; spain

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The exploratory interviews will be conducted first in France. The French population will serve as the reference corpus, therefore the saturation threshold of the French reference corpus will determine the size of the corpus of the other countries (see the following section "analysis of the data"). In each country, 10 senior physicians, 10 interns, 10 experienced nurses (with more than one year of experience in the service) and 10 inexperienced nurses (with less than one year of experience in the service) will be solicited for an exploratory interview.

You may qualify if:

• In this step, we will include the services which:
• Practise an activity of intensive care (whether this practice is medical or surgical, adult or paediatric).
• The professionals of ICU who:
• volunteer to participate in the study (and with the consent of the head of the unit),
• Senior physicians, interns, and nurses who have been working in the service for more than three months.

You may not qualify if:

• Administrative staff, nursing auxiliaries
• Senior physicians, interns, and nurses who have been working in the service for less than three months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon: lead
• Laboratoire de psychologie université de franche Comté: collaborator
• Unité de méthodologie et de qualité de vie en cancérologie CHU de besançon: collaborator
• Hospital de Sabadell Department of Critical Care Spain: collaborator
• Policlinico A. Gemelli Department of Critical Care Italy: collaborator
• Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM): collaborator
• Alfred Hospital Intensive Care Unit Australia: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CHU de Besançon

Besançon, 25030, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Occupational Stress

Interventions

Interviews as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 20, 2016
• First Posted: August 3, 2016
• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: February 18, 2021
• Study Completion: February 18, 2021
• Last Updated: December 31, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

FR (1)