Culture is Care: Training Workshop for Care Workers (VerbaCurant)

NCT06410560 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ASO.IRFI.21.02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 175
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims to measure the empathic capacity of healthcare professionals belonging to the Alessandria Hospital, by applying validated measuring instruments, before and after a specific training intervention. The secondary objective is to assess how the training initiative impacts on subjects with a different attitude towards cultural participation.

Conditions

Empathy; Well-Being, Psychological

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Empatic capacity

  Assessment of the empathic capacity of health workers through the Jefferson of Empathy scale in two groups (treated and controls).

  Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and immediately after the intervention (Final/T1)

• Wellbeing

  Assessment of the wellbeing level of health workers through the PGWBI questionnaire in two groups (treated and controls).

  Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and immediately after the intervention (Final/T1)

Study Arms (2)

Training workshop with hands-on laboratory

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will undergo a training course for a total of 12 hours: 4 FAD + 8 in the laboratory. They will receive theoretical narrative medicine education with 4 hours of distance education and a practice course of storytelling and creative writing whit 8 hours of distance education in small groups, enabling discussion and interaction among participants.

Other: Training about storytelling and creative writing: 12 hours

Brief training course

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants will undergo a training course for a total of 4 FAD hours. They will receive theoretical narrative medicine education with 4 hours of distance education.

Other: Training only about theoretical narrative medicine: 4 hours

Interventions

Training about storytelling and creative writing: 12 hours OTHER

Participants in training courses on creative writing and storytelling.

Training workshop with hands-on laboratory

Training only about theoretical narrative medicine: 4 hours OTHER

Participants in training courses on only theoretical narrative medicine.

Brief training course

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Health professionals related to the Alessandria Hospital

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria: lead
• Compagnia di San Paolo: collaborator
• Scuola Holden Contemporary Humanities: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

Alessandria, Piedmont, 15121, Italy

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Marinella Bertolotti, Biologist

  Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2024
• First Posted: May 13, 2024
• Study Start: March 18, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 6, 2022
• Study Completion: December 6, 2022
• Last Updated: May 13, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Locations

IT (1)