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STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland (STRAIN)

Primary Purpose

Stress, Health Care Professionals, Work-Related Condition

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
educational intervention for the supervisors
Sponsored by
Sabine Hahn
About
Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional health services research trial for Stress

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 67 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Employee within a participating health organization in Switzerland
  • Health care professional (nurse, medical-technical medical-therapeutical profession, physician)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Health professionals without an fixed employment contract

Sites / Locations

    Arms of the Study

    Arm 1

    Arm 2

    Arm 3

    Arm Type

    Experimental

    No Intervention

    No Intervention

    Arm Label

    Intervention

    Control

    Non-Intervention

    Arm Description

    Intervention group (IG) An educational intervention for the supervisors

    control group (CG)

    group without intervention (GWI)

    Outcomes

    Primary Outcome Measures

    effort reward imbalance model (ERI)
    The model defines threatening job conditions as a "mismatch between high workload (high demand) and low control over long-term rewards"

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    Full Information

    First Posted
    March 23, 2018
    Last Updated
    July 14, 2020
    Sponsor
    Sabine Hahn
    Collaborators
    University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT03508596
    Brief Title
    STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland
    Acronym
    STRAIN
    Official Title
    STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland
    Study Type
    Interventional

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    July 2020
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Completed
    Study Start Date
    January 2017 (Actual)
    Primary Completion Date
    June 2018 (Actual)
    Study Completion Date
    December 2019 (Actual)

    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Responsible Party, by Official Title
    Sponsor-Investigator
    Name of the Sponsor
    Sabine Hahn
    Collaborators
    University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

    4. Oversight

    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
    No

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    The aim of this study is to identify work stressors, stress reactions and long-term consequences among nurses, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professions in Switzerland and to reduce those factors by an educational intervention for the supervisors.
    Detailed Description
    Methods: This study is a cross-sectional design and randomly selected hospitals, nursing homes and home care organizations. The study sample included nursing staff and midwives, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professionals at all hierarchical levels. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analysed using multiple regression models.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Stress, Health Care Professionals, Work-Related Condition

    7. Study Design

    Primary Purpose
    Health Services Research
    Study Phase
    Not Applicable
    Interventional Study Model
    Parallel Assignment
    Masking
    None (Open Label)
    Allocation
    Randomized
    Enrollment
    8112 (Actual)

    8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

    Arm Title
    Intervention
    Arm Type
    Experimental
    Arm Description
    Intervention group (IG) An educational intervention for the supervisors
    Arm Title
    Control
    Arm Type
    No Intervention
    Arm Description
    control group (CG)
    Arm Title
    Non-Intervention
    Arm Type
    No Intervention
    Arm Description
    group without intervention (GWI)
    Intervention Type
    Other
    Intervention Name(s)
    educational intervention for the supervisors
    Intervention Description
    The educational intervention is based on a systematic literature review as well as focus-group interviews with health care professionals. It will be developed until the end of 2018
    Primary Outcome Measure Information:
    Title
    effort reward imbalance model (ERI)
    Description
    The model defines threatening job conditions as a "mismatch between high workload (high demand) and low control over long-term rewards"
    Time Frame
    Changes in self reported results of the ERI from t1 to t2 (1 year)

    10. Eligibility

    Sex
    All
    Minimum Age & Unit of Time
    18 Years
    Maximum Age & Unit of Time
    67 Years
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Eligibility Criteria
    Inclusion Criteria: Employee within a participating health organization in Switzerland Health care professional (nurse, medical-technical medical-therapeutical profession, physician) Exclusion Criteria: Health professionals without an fixed employment contract
    Overall Study Officials:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
    Sabine Hahn
    Organizational Affiliation
    Bern University of Applied Sciences Switzerland
    Official's Role
    Study Director

    12. IPD Sharing Statement

    Plan to Share IPD
    No

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