Study on the Influencing Mechanism and Promoting Strategies of Post-partum Nurses' Work Engagement

NCT06947837 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: TJ-IRB2025030432024C06
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to through the combination of longitudinal qualitative research and longitudinal quantitative research, the work experience changes of nurses returning to work after delivery were analyzed, and the changing trajectory and influencing mechanism of work involvement of nurses returning to work after delivery were explored.On this basis, combined with the existing literature, the promotion strategy of post-natal nurses' work involvement was constructed in order to improve the level of post-natal nurses' work involvement, help them better adapt to clinical nursing work, and improve the quality of nursing service.

Conditions

Work Engagement; Nurses; Postpartum

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Postpartum work engagement

  We used "Utreeht Work Engagement Scale" to measure and evaluate the work engagement of postpartum nurses return to work. The Work Engagement Scale indicated the higher the score, the greater the work engagement.

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year (the specific follow-up time was 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after delivery).

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Social Support situation

  Through study completion, an average of 1 year (the specific follow-up time was 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after delivery).

Study Arms (1)

Cohort of postpartum returning nurses

The cohort of postpartum returning nurses mainly included nurses who worked in clinical practice after maternity leave and voluntarily participated in this study. The study time was 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after postpartum return to work, and mainly included basic information, social support, postpartum return to work, sleep and psychological status follow-up survey.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Nurses from Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology who returned to work within 1 month after delivery were selected.

You may qualify if:

• Nurses returning to work after childbirth are engaged in clinical nursing work in the hospital;
• The time to return to work after childbirth is less than 1 month;
• Informed and voluntary participation in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Training, rotation, practice nurses;
• Give birth to abnormal children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• keqin liu: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tongji Hospital

Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China

Location

Study Officials

• Yu Liu

  Tongji Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2025
• First Posted: April 27, 2025
• Study Start: September 30, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2025
• Study Completion: December 20, 2025
• Last Updated: December 31, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)