STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland

NCT ID: NCT03508596

Last Updated: 2020-07-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8112 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-31

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Stress Health Care Professionals Work-Related Condition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Intervention group (IG)

An educational intervention for the supervisors

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

educational intervention for the supervisors

Intervention Type OTHER

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

Control

control group (CG)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Non-Intervention

group without intervention (GWI)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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educational intervention for the supervisors

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sabine Hahn

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sabine Hahn

Head of Nursing Division, Division Head of Applied Research & Development in Nursing, PhD, RN

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sabine Hahn

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bern University of Applied Sciences Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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J.008137-42-PFLW

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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