Empowerment and Burnout of Midwives at the End of Health Emergency From COVID-19

NCT06309186 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: RC 30/2023
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

As the fifth wave of COVID-19 comes to an end and the pandemic's countermeasures expire, there is a need to assess the impact of the pandemic on health care providers, especially midwives, as the professionals deputed to promote and protect women's holistic health, in all phases, physiological and otherwise, of the life cycle. The midwife considers the person as a whole, in which the mind-body-culture components interact profoundly. Prevention and containment measures have impacted on midwifery clinical and nursing practices with the mandatory continuous use of personal protective equipments (PPE) and social distancing to protect the patient and the practitioner, effectively hindering the intimacy of the woman-midwife relationship. The impact assessment focuses on two dimensions: learning, investigated as perceived empowerment, and perceived malaise, investigated as burnout. Empowerment has a positive connotation, which can offset burnout, a syndrome that affects the physical, psychological and emotional health of midwives and can have significant negative implications on midwife turnover, patient safety and outcomes, and the efficiency of healthcare organisations.

Conditions

COVID-19

Keywords

Midwifery; Empowerment; Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Evaluation of empowerment of midwives

  Midwives empowerment will be evaluated with the italian validated version of the "Perceptions of empowerment in midwifery scale-revised" (PEMSR). It consists of 19 items, expressing 4 subscales divided into four subscales: autonomy/empowerment (4 items); manager support (5 items); professional recognition (5 items); and skills and resources (5 items). Total scores are calculated for each of the subscales by summing all the scores from each item, and then dividing by the number of items in the same subscale. Scores range from 1 (low level of empowerment), to 5 (high level of empowerment).

  At enrolment

• Number of midwives affected by burnout

  Burnout will be evaluated with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), an instrument of 22 Likert items of 7 points on feelings related to work. Respondents rate how often they experience these feelings on a 7-point Likert scale from 0 (never) to 6 (every day). The MBI includes 3 subscales or dimensions: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP, and personal accomplishment (PA). Higher item scores in EE and DP and low in PA correspond to high levels of burnout.

  At enrolment

Study Arms (1)

Midwives

The study involves a convenience sample of midwives registered with the two Orders of the Midwifery Profession in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region (Italy)

Other: Evaluation of midwifes' burnout

Interventions

Evaluation of midwifes' burnout OTHER

Burnout evaluated by questionnaires

Midwives

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Midwives

You may qualify if:

• Midwives registered in the orders of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region
• Midwives in practice for at least one year
• Midwives practicing in FVG region

You may not qualify if:

• Consent not granted
• Midwives in retirement for more than a year

Sponsors & Collaborators

• IRCCS Burlo Garofolo: lead

Study Sites (2)

Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo"

Trieste, 34137, Italy

RECRUITING

Ordine delle ostrtriche di Trieste e Gorizia

Trieste, Italy

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Empowerment; Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Social Behavior; Behavior; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms

Central Study Contacts

Martina Debelli

CONTACT

+393204389187; martina.debelli@burlo.trieste.it

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 12, 2024
• First Posted: March 13, 2024
• Study Start: January 9, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: June 13, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Locations

IT (2)