Effect of Nurse-Led Intervention Programme Professional Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Nurses

NCT03914898 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 3109-GOA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 48
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Nurses are at risk in terms of burnout and empathic fatigue. Therefore, efforts to protect the mental health of nurses are very important. It is stated that the studies conducted are mostly descriptive and not interventional. In addition, the evidence levels of interventional studies are low.

Conditions

Compassion Fatigue

Keywords

burnout; compassion fatigue; nursing; psychological distress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change from baseline compassion fatigue at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion fatigue subscale of Professional quality of life scale

  The compassion fatigue subscale of ProQOL-IV includes 10-items. Completion of the compassion fatigue subscale involves selecting response choices on a 0 (never) to 5 (very often) likert scale. 0-50 points can be taken from the compassion fatigue subscale. There is no cut-point. A number of items required reverse coding so that high scores on all items indicate high compassion fatigue.

  Data collected before the program starts and one months after the end of the program and six months

• Change from baseline burnout at 1 and 6 months assessed by burnout subscale of Professional quality of life scale

  The burnout subscale of ProQOL-IV includes 10-items. Completion of the burnout subscale involves selecting response choices on a 0 (never) to 5 (very often) likert scale. 0-50 points can be taken from the burnout subscale. There is no cut-point. A number of items required reverse coding so that high scores on all items indicate high burnout.

  Data collected before the program starts (pretest) and one months after the end of the program and six months

• Change from baseline compassion satisfaction at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion satisfaction subscale of Professional quality of life scale

  The compassion satisfaction subscale of ProQOL-IV includes 10-items. Completion of the compassion satisfaction subscale involves selecting response choices on a 0 (never) to 5 (very often) likert scale. 0-50 points can be taken from the compassion satisfaction subscale. There is no cut-point. A number of items required reverse coding so that high scores on all items indicate high compassion satisfaction.

  Data collected before the program starts (pretest) and one months after the end of the program and six months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline psychological distress at 1 and 6 months assessed by general health questionnaire

  Data collected before the program starts (pretest) and one months after the end of the program and six months

Study Arms (2)

Nurse led intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The program was four sessions; It took about 1.5-2 hours. The intervention group was divided into two groups. The author who administered the intervention previously led nurse support groups, is also an active educator in psychiatry and mental health nursing, and has training in cognitive behavioral therapy. The group sessions were based on cognitive restructuring techniques.

Other: Nurse led intervention group

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention was applied to the control group during the study.

Interventions

Nurse led intervention group OTHER

This program is based on cognitive restructuring tecniques.

Nurse led intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Nurses who responded to the questionnaires received a score on compassion fatigue higher than the mean score (20 points)
• Nurses who worked at clinics and had at least six months of experience

You may not qualify if:

• Nurses who responded to the questionnaires received a score on compassion fatigue lower than the mean score (20 points)
• head nurses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dokuz Eylul University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Neslihan Günüşen

Izmir, 35340, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (6)

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  PMID: 17054155 BACKGROUND

• Potter P, Deshields T, Berger JA, Clarke M, Olsen S, Chen L. Evaluation of a compassion fatigue resiliency program for oncology nurses. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2013 Mar;40(2):180-7. doi: 10.1188/13.ONF.180-187.

  PMID: 23448743 BACKGROUND

• Pfaff KA, Freeman-Gibb L, Patrick LJ, DiBiase R, Moretti O. Reducing the "cost of caring" in cancer care: Evaluation of a pilot interprofessional compassion fatigue resiliency programme. J Interprof Care. 2017 Jul;31(4):512-519. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2017.1309364. Epub 2017 May 4.

  PMID: 28471255 BACKGROUND

• Yilmaz G, Ustun B, Gunusen NP. Effect of a nurse-led intervention programme on professional quality of life and post-traumatic growth in oncology nurses. Int J Nurs Pract. 2018 Dec;24(6):e12687. doi: 10.1111/ijn.12687. Epub 2018 Aug 5.

  PMID: 30079550 BACKGROUND

• Gunusen NP, Ustun B. An RCT of coping and support groups to reduce burnout among nurses. Int Nurs Rev. 2010 Dec;57(4):485-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00808.x. Epub 2010 Sep 7.

  PMID: 21050201 BACKGROUND

• Kunzler AM, Helmreich I, Chmitorz A, Konig J, Binder H, Wessa M, Lieb K. Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 5;7(7):CD012527. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012527.pub2.

  PMID: 32627860 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Compassion Fatigue; Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Fatigue; Fatigue; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Occupational Stress; Stress, Psychological

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 8, 2019
• First Posted: April 16, 2019
• Study Start: February 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2017
• Study Completion: September 30, 2017
• Last Updated: December 8, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)