Are Personal Smartphones Hurting Work-Life Balance for Nurse Managers?

NCT06343584 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 023.NUR.2021.M
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 6
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

For leadership positions with only a handful of staff under their direct chain of command, this may not be all-consuming and detrimental to work-life balance. But for NMs with upwards of 100 direct reports, this can make for a never-ending stream of contact points. This study will implement several communication and behavioral strategies to determine how using provided smartphone tools impact work-life balance and professional burnout.

Conditions

Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• • Impact of smartphone tool utilization will be measured using a pre-study survey and post-study survey using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) Scale (Stamm, 2009).

  • Impact of smartphone tool utilization will be measured using a pre-study survey and post-study survey using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) Scale (Stamm, 2009).

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• • Participants in Group 1 will self-report on the post-study survey (Appendix D1) the number of tools implemented during the study duration.

  6 months

• • Participants in Group 1 will self-report on the post-study survey (Appendix D1) the frequency of tool utilization during the study duration using a Likert scale.

  6 months

• • Participants in Group 2 will self-report on the post-study survey (Appendix D2) using the ProQOL Scale.

  6 months

• • Responses to the post-study survey from participants in Group 2 will be compared to participants in Group 1 to determine if utilizing a separate work smartphone during business hours has a greater improvement on work-life balance and burnout.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Group 1

Must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Upon receipt of informed consent, participants will be divided into two groups. Group 1 will receive a list of suggested tools used to decrease the amount of smartphone interruptions after business hours

Other: Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.

Group 2

Must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Upon receipt of informed consent, participants will be divided into two groups. Group 2 will receive a work-issued smartphone with instructions for use (Appendix C).

Other: Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.

Interventions

Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale. OTHER

Group 1 will receive a list of suggested tools used to decrease the amount of smartphone interruptions after business hours (Appendix B) and Group 2 will receive a work-issued smartphone with instructions for use (Appendix C). Both groups will use a pre-post test format designed to compare the outcomes between the two groups. Post-study analysis will compare pre- and post-tests within each group and will compare Group 1 and Group 2 post-intervention outcomes.

Group 1; Group 2

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

* Participant must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center * Participant must have greater than 50 direct reports

You may qualify if:

• Participant must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
• Participant must have greater than 50 direct reports

You may not qualify if:

• Participant expects to separate employment with Methodist Health System prior to the conclusion of the study
• Participant does not use their personal smartphone to communicate with direct reports

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Methodist Health System: lead

Study Sites (1)

Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

Mansfield, Texas, 76063, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Brooks Williams, DNP

  Methodist Health System

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2022
• First Posted: April 2, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 6, 2022
• Study Completion: May 6, 2022
• Last Updated: March 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

US (1)