Mitigating Burnout in Nursing and Associated Healthcare Staff

NCT07018609 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Study00026654
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Workplace stress for healthcare workers is at an all-time high and the COVID-19 Pandemic magnified and amplified the impact of stress and burnout on health care workers, especially for frontline staff such as nurses. There are multiple external and individual factors that affect clinician well-being, and organizational factors are an important aspect to address when attempting to mitigate nurse burnout and improve well-being. This project seeks to expand two interventions that were piloted in the last few years since the Covid-19 Pandemic, validated to show improvement in staff well-being and decreased feelings of burnout following the interventions, and are easily implemented to benefit nurses and other multidisciplinary health care workers and students in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Conditions

Burn Out; Nurses

Keywords

Burnout; Nurses; Music Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• The number of subjects who state preference for having long-term access to the intervention.

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

• The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's energy level needed to complete immediate job responsibilities.

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

• The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's understanding of what is needed in the moment to overcome challenges.

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

• The number of subjects who report improvement navigating challenging or difficult situations in the workplace

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

• The number of subjects who report improvement in expressing thoughts, questions and feelings with colleagues situations in the workplace.

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

• The number of subjects who report improvement in feeling less isolated at work.

  This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The number of subjects reporting the intervention was well facilitated.

  Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Zen Den

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Zen Den

Behavioral: Zen Den Experience

Music Therapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Music Therapy Experience

Interventions

Zen Den Experience BEHAVIORAL

The Zen Den is a dedicated safe space for healthcare staff to decompress and recharge during shifts, addressing the growing issue of workplace stress. It has soft warm lighting, sound machines and aroma therapy, relaxing furnishings centered around a faux fireplace to create a stress-free environment.

Zen Den

Music Therapy Experience BEHAVIORAL

The music therapy experience will consist of either Music Minutes which have music therapists available on specific units and circulating amongst staff across flexible shift times. Intervention choices will include relaxation songs, motivation songs, music, mindfulness, breathing to music, dance-a-minute, and brief song rewrites. Notes for Resilience will be scheduled group sessions that follow a more structured format and are 30 to 60 minutes in length. Involvement and coping will be emphasized through active forms of music participation, including drum circles, unit playlist creation, song writing, jam sessions, and song discussion.

Music Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \- English-speaking employees or students at Penn State Health and College of Medicine.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Non-English speaking individuals

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• ERIC R MESSNER, PhD

  Penn State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

ERIC R MESSNER, PhD

CONTACT

7175318348; emessner@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2025
• First Posted: June 12, 2025
• Study Start: April 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 30, 2028
• Last Updated: June 12, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06