Evaluation of a Psychological Capital Intervention to Alleviate Burnout and Regulate Immunity Among Oncology Nurses

NCT ID: NCT05510414

Last Updated: 2022-08-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

87 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-01

Study Completion Date

2020-06-01

Brief Summary

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Burnout appears to be highly prevalent among oncology nurses, which was a problem not only for the nurses themselves but for the patients for whom they provide care. How to mitigate and prevent burnout and improve nursing performance outcomes is an urgent problem for nursing manager.

In a sample of 99 oncology nurses, immunological characteristics were compared to burnout scores. In a randomized trial, 90 oncology nurses suffering burnout were randomized to receive psychological capital intervention or routine psychological care. Participants were assessed before and after treatment using measures of burnout, psychological capital and immunological characteristics.

Detailed Description

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Burnout appears to be highly prevalent among oncology nurses, which was a problem not only for the nurses themselves but for the patients for whom they provide care. And burnout-associated biomarkers remain controversial, and their potential roles in burnout are still unclear.

This study was a randomized controlled trial in which the independent variable was group psychological intervention, while the dependent variables were pre- and post-intervention scores on the Maslach burnout inventory and on the psychological capital scale, as well as values for various immunological indicators. In Stage 1 of the study, recruited subjects completed the psychological capital questionnaire and blood was sampled. In Stage 2, the research team administered a custom-designed psychological capital intervention (PCI) to part of the sample, while the other part received routine care . The PCI group received 1 h of counseling twice weekly for a total of 24 weeks in total. In Stage 3, the PCI and control groups completed the questionnaires again and provided blood samples.

Conditions

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Burnout Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The intervention program was taught by experts with at least the title of deputy chief nurse who had been engaged in clinical psychological nursing for a long time. These teachers helped nurses with burnout to develop their own positive psychology, learn optimism, embrace hope, find available support systems and resources, plan their careers. Training took the form mainly of Balint groups, lectures, group discussions, video watching and outdoor development. Personalized counseling was provided to address specific psychological problems in individuals, in a way that ensured personal privacy. The intervention occurred as 12 sessions of 60 min each, twice a month, lasting altogether six months.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PCI group

intervention based on psychological capital model

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

psychological intervention based on psychological capital

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psychological capital would be modified via various training programs in order to manage burnout among nurses. When the four core psychological resources are combined, they may form a higher-order construct that predicts attitudes and performance more strongly than any of the four components by themselves .

Control group

routine psychological counseling

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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psychological intervention based on psychological capital

Psychological capital would be modified via various training programs in order to manage burnout among nurses. When the four core psychological resources are combined, they may form a higher-order construct that predicts attitudes and performance more strongly than any of the four components by themselves .

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects were officially employed and licensed nurses who had been working in the cancer hospital for at least 2 years.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects had recently suffered personal health problems or significant negative life events, such as the death or serious illness of a family member, or if they were on maternity leave or other types of leave from their nursing job.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Guangxi Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jian-Hong Zhong

professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Xue-Mei You, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital

Locations

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Affiliated Tumor of Guangxi University

Nanning, Guangxi, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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An M, Shin ES, Choi MY, Lee Y, Hwang YY, Kim M. Positive Psychological Capital Mediates the Association between Burnout and Nursing Performance Outcomes among Hospital Nurses. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 18;17(16):5988. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165988.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32824724 (View on PubMed)

Ciobanu AM, Damian AC, Neagu C. Association between burnout and immunological and endocrine alterations. Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2021 Jan-Mar;62(1):13-18. doi: 10.47162/RJME.62.1.02.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34609405 (View on PubMed)

Luo YH, Li H, Plummer V, Cross WM, Lam L, Guo YF, Yin YZ, Zhang JP. An evaluation of a positive psychological intervention to reduce burnout among nurses. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2019 Dec;33(6):186-191. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2019.08.004. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31753226 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PCI burnout

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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