The Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Triage Nurses

NCT ID: NCT03110536

Last Updated: 2018-08-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-15

Study Completion Date

2017-09-30

Brief Summary

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Assessment of burnout syndrome of triage nurses from Emergency Departments from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Detailed Description

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This study is aiming at assessing the burnout syndrome amongst triage nurses working in the Emergency Departments in Cluj-Napoca. The study design is observational, prospective and multicentric.

At this moment, there are 43 nurses covering triage shifts in the Emergency Clincial County Hospital Cluj and 18 more within Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca. On average, these ED roughly attend 90.000 patients yearly.

Questionnaires are based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, with additional clinical cases that require triage coding according to The Romanian National Triage Protocol of 2016. Each triage nurse will complete the questionnaire when beginning the triage shift and after a period of 2, 4 or 6 hours.

Conditions

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Burnout, Professional Nurse's Role

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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2h assessment

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2 hours.

Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours.

The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.

Triage scoring efficacy

Intervention Type OTHER

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

4h assessment

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 4 hours.

Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours.

The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.

Triage scoring efficacy

Intervention Type OTHER

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

6h assessment

The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 6 hours.

Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours.

The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.

Triage scoring efficacy

Intervention Type OTHER

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

Interventions

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Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours.

The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Triage scoring efficacy

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ED nurse within Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj and Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca.

Exclusion Criteria

* triage experience of at least 1 year
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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County Clinical Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eugenia-Maria Muresan

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Emergency County Hospital for Children

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Site Status

Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj-Napoca - Emergency Department

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Site Status

Countries

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Romania

Other Identifiers

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9253/11.04.2017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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