COMPRESSED - A Longitudinal Study of Compressed Work Schedules Within the Health, Care and Welfare Services

NCT05784324 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 202316
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 700,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The aim of COMPRESSED is to investigate the potential consequences of a compressed work schedule within the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Conditions

The Focus of the Study is Shift Work

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Featigue

  Fatigue General Fatigue scale from the Checklist of Individual Strength (CIS-20; Vercoulen et al., 1994)

  2027

• Mental health

  Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-5)

  2027

• Generell helse

  The general health measure from the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) (Ware, 1992)

  2027

• Sickness absence

  self-repport and regestry data

  2027

• Quality of care

  From COPSOQ

  2027

• Care left undone

  adapted from (Senek et al., 2020) and a measure by (Ball, Murrells, Rafferty, Morrow, \& Griffiths, 2014) informed by the validated Basel Extent of Rationing of Nursing scale (Schubert et al., 2008).

  2027

• Intention to quit

  (Kuvaas, 2006).

  2027

• Occupational commitment

  (Tam, Korczynski, \& Frenkel, 2002)

  2027

• Regestry-data

  We will attempt to measure 1. Health, 2 recruitment and retention and 3. Quality of care, using registry data. And important part of the project will be to explore how these aspects are best measured using registry data. Their final operationalization is therefore not set.

  2027

Study Arms (3)

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services

All employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services. No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of their shift systems and potential outcomes.

Other: No intervention

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services 2

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services, replying to a survey. Sample is drawn by representative unions. No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of their shift systems and potential outcomes.

Other: No intervention

Users of the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Users of the municipal health, care and welfare services.No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of the shift systems worked and potential outcomes for users.

Other: No intervention

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

No intervention

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services; Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services 2; Users of the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Employes within the municipal health, care and welfare service

You may qualify if:

• Employed within the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oslo Metropolitan University: lead
• The Research Council of Norway: collaborator
• University of Oslo: collaborator
• Maastricht University: collaborator

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 20, 2022
• First Posted: March 24, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 12, 2027
• Last Updated: March 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share