The Effect of Online Stress Management Program on Nurses' Individual Workload Perception, and Stress

NCT06406361 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AmasyaU28
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Negative workload perception and stress are very important issues in occupational health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Online Stress Management (OSM) program on nurses' individual workload perception, and stress. The study included 90 nurses who met the inclusion criteria and signed the informed consent form. In the study, 45 nurses were allocated to the experimental group and 45 nurses were allocated to the control group. Due to the intensive working conditions of the nurses, staff shortages, workload, and restrictions such as shift work, participants could not be randomly assigned to the groups. Nurses who agreed to participate in the OSM program were voluntarily assigned to the experimental group, and those who did not want to participate were assigned to the control group.

Conditions

Stress Management; Stress; Nursing

Keywords

stress management program; individual workload perception; stress; nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Nurse Stress Scale

  The NSS total scores range from 34-136. The total score measures the frequency of stress experienced by a nurse and can be calculated by adding the participant's responses to all items. The high overall score indicates that the nurse experiences more frequent stress periods about individual stress problems in the physical, psychological, and physical environment. A lower score indicates that the nurse experiences less stress for the same situations

  at the end of the 1 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Individual Workload Perception Scale

  at the end of the 1 months

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

A total of six-sessions of Online Stress Management program were applied to the experimental group, consisting of 40-50 minutes and one sessions per week.

Behavioral: online stress management program

control group

NO INTERVENTION

not intervention

Interventions

online stress management program BEHAVIORAL

-Nurses should have an idea about stress management program Awareness develops about the importance of attending sessions regularly. Nurses have information about the training program. Joint session dates are determined. The educator makes statements about himself and education. The benefits of education for nurses are explained. Nurses are informed about the general rules of education. The importance of regular attendance at sessions is emphasized. Privacy rules and limits are determined. The necessity of completing homework is explained. Nurses are enabled to share their feelings and thoughts. Ensuring that nurses are able to recognize stress and reactions to stress and identify sources of stress in individual and business life. Being informed about the effects of stress and negative workload perception Being able to recognize the tension created by stress in the body Learning breathing and deep relaxation techniques to reduce or eliminate symptoms of stress

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• being a nurse
• were working in the institution at the time of the study;
• not have visual or hearing disorders;
• not have any diagnosed chronic disease that potentially
• prevented participation in the study; did not have a mental health problem;
• agreed to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• have a known physical or neurological disease
• not working in the institution at the time of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amasya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Amasya University Faculty of Health Sciences

Amasya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• nihan yalciner durgu, PhD

  Manisa Celâl Bayar University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assist. Prof.

Model Details: a pretest-posttest control group design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 6, 2024
• First Posted: May 9, 2024
• Study Start: April 14, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 14, 2024
• Study Completion: June 27, 2025
• Last Updated: October 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)