The Effects of "Workplace Health Promotion Program" on Pain, Fatigue, Stress in Nurses

NCT03908554 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 431-1271
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Pain, fatigue, and stress lead to decrease on their work performance with biopsychosocial functioning disorders on nurses. This study was conducted to examine the effects of the "Workplace Health Promotion Program" (WHPP) on pain, fatigue, stress, professional quality of life (Pro-QoL) and coping skills for nurses.

Conditions

Nurses; Work-Related Stress Disorder; Pain; Fatigue

Keywords

coping skill; quality of life; pain; fatigue; Workplace Health Promotion Program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• The Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 4 (ProQoL):

  ProQoL (has 30 items) measures the positive and negative effects experienced by those who choose to help people with pain and trauma (Stamm, 2009). It is made up of three subscales: Compassion Satisfaction (CS), Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS). The ProQOL prompts participants to rate the frequency of the experience of certain feelings in their workplace with the clients in the last 30 days. Items are rated on a 6-point scale (from 0: never to 5:very often).

  Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year

• Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE):

  Brief COPE (has 28 items) measures 14 different coping strategies and they targets three categories: problem-focused (active coping, planning, use of instrumental support), emotion-focused (use of emotional support, positive reframing, acceptance, religion, humor), and dysfunctional coping (venting, denial, substance use, behavioral disengagement, self-distraction, self-blame. Each statement is graded on a four-point Likert scale: 1 = very seldom, 2 = fairly seldom, 3 = fairly often, 4 = very often.

  Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year

• Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

  VAS is a tool developed by Price et al., aims to measure subjective experience such as pain (Hasson \& Arnetz, 2005). Also, in the literature, VAS was reported to have a better response(i.e., ability to detect clinically significant change) compared to the Likert scale and might also be more reliable and valid (Vickers, 1999). The scale was applied by marking a point on the vertical or horizontal line that corresponds to the severity of the pain/fatigue/stress felt by the person, with a length of 10 cm and two different names (0 = no pain, 10 = most severe pain). The distance between the marking point and the lowest tip of the line was measured in centimeters, and the numerical value found was indicative of the pain/fatigue/stress intensity of the person

  Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The WHPP was applied to the intervention group in the workplace for two times a week for five weeks. During the first 5 minutes of the session, breathing exercises, 20 minutes, PMR and 10 minutes, posture exercises were performed. PMR has progressed gradually to every session. The program is under control with a follow-up chart of what the participants do every day, and the participants were supported with various reminders (i.e., graphical leaflets on PMR techniques which also can be used as a guide while practicing at home).

Other: WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants of the control group rested in a room for 40 minutes and were told that they could read every session.

Interventions

WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM OTHER

WHPP was PMR training, posture and breath exercises, and ergonomic suggestions.

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Nurses
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Working actively and at least 40 hours working in a week,
• Working as a nurse.

You may not qualify if:

• Have psychiatric illnesses with or without medication,
• Have prior training or current use of relaxation therapy and participants without consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Fatigue

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD PT, Principal Investigator

Model Details: The WHPP was applied to the intervention group in the workplace for two times a week for five weeks. During the first 5 minutes of the session, breathing exercises, 20 minutes, PMR and 10 minutes, posture exercises were performed. PMR has progressed gradually to every session. The program is under control with a follow-up chart of what the participants do every day, and the participants were supported with various reminders (i.e., graphical leaflets on PMR techniques which also can be used as a guide while practicing at home). Participants of the control group rested in a room for 40 minutes and were told that they could read every session.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 4, 2019
• First Posted: April 9, 2019
• Study Start: April 3, 2015
• Primary Completion: September 3, 2018
• Study Completion: December 10, 2018
• Last Updated: April 16, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04