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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
123 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2023-01-16
2023-02-02
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The purpose of this cross-sectional study using a web-based survey is to determine physical and mental health issues of U.K. embryologists related to their occupational characteristics, and how workplace fatigue and burnout may affect their quality of life, cynicism, interactions with patients, attention to detail, and lead to human error, the cause of the most severe IVF incidents that often make headlines and result in costly litigation. It will also correlate how the current manual workflows contribute to these health issues, and what measures can be taken to improve both working conditions and embryologists' health, and, therefore, improve patient care.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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U.K. Embryologists
U.K. embryologists of all ages, career levels, and other sociodemographic groups will be asked questions about their physical and mental health related to their occupational characteristics using the nationally validated surveys and questionnaires, and also about their working conditions in the ART/IVF laboratories using a custom occupational questionnaire and the single-item work unit grade (A-F).
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
22 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Dudley Associates Healthcare Marketing & Communications
UNKNOWN
TMRW Life Sciences
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Anar Murphy, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
TMRW Life Sciences
Locations
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TMRW Life Sciences
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Lopez-Leria B, Jimena P, Clavero A, Gonzalvo MC, Carrillo S, Serrano M, Lopez-Regalado ML, Olvera C, Martinez L, Castilla JA. Embryologists' health: a nationwide online questionnaire. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2014 Dec;31(12):1587-97. doi: 10.1007/s10815-014-0352-7. Epub 2014 Oct 5.
Tawfik DS, Profit J, Morgenthaler TI, Satele DV, Sinsky CA, Dyrbye LN, Tutty MA, West CP, Shanafelt TD. Physician Burnout, Well-being, and Work Unit Safety Grades in Relationship to Reported Medical Errors. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Nov;93(11):1571-1580. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.05.014. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
Priddle H, Pickup S, Hayes C; Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS). Occupational health issues experienced by UK embryologists: informing improvements in clinical reproductive science practice. Hum Fertil (Camb). 2022 Oct;25(4):608-617. doi: 10.1080/14647273.2021.1871782. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
West CP, Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD. Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions. J Intern Med. 2018 Jun;283(6):516-529. doi: 10.1111/joim.12752. Epub 2018 Mar 24.
Frone MR, Tidwell MO. The meaning and measurement of work fatigue: Development and evaluation of the Three-Dimensional Work Fatigue Inventory (3D-WFI). J Occup Health Psychol. 2015 Jul;20(3):273-288. doi: 10.1037/a0038700. Epub 2015 Jan 19.
Shanafelt TD, West CP, Sinsky C, Trockel M, Tutty M, Satele DV, Carlasare LE, Dyrbye LN. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2017. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Sep;94(9):1681-1694. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.10.023. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
Trockel MT, Menon NK, Rowe SG, Stewart MT, Smith R, Lu M, Kim PK, Quinn MA, Lawrence E, Marchalik D, Farley H, Normand P, Felder M, Dudley JC, Shanafelt TD. Assessment of Physician Sleep and Wellness, Burnout, and Clinically Significant Medical Errors. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2028111. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28111.
Caruso CC, Baldwin CM, Berger A, Chasens ER, Edmonson JC, Gobel BH, Landis CA, Patrician PA, Redeker NS, Scott LD, Todero C, Trinkoff A, Tucker S. Policy brief: Nurse fatigue, sleep, and health, and ensuring patient and public safety. Nurs Outlook. 2019 Sep-Oct;67(5):615-619. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2019.08.004. No abstract available.
Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD, Johnson PO, Johnson LA, Satele D, West CP. A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between burnout, absenteeism, and job performance among American nurses. BMC Nurs. 2019 Nov 21;18:57. doi: 10.1186/s12912-019-0382-7. eCollection 2019.
Letterie G, Fox D. Lawsuit frequency and claims basis over lost, damaged, and destroyed frozen embryos over a 10-year period. F S Rep. 2020 Jul 9;1(2):78-82. doi: 10.1016/j.xfre.2020.06.007. eCollection 2020 Sep.
Moutos CP, Lahham R, Phelps JY. Cryostorage failures: a medicolegal review. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Jun;36(6):1041-1048. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01478-x. Epub 2019 May 24.
Boivin J, Bunting L, Koert E, Ieng U C, Verhaak C. Perceived challenges of working in a fertility clinic: a qualitative analysis of work stressors and difficulties working with patients. Hum Reprod. 2017 Feb;32(2):403-408. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew326. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
Applebaum J, Humphries LA, Nepps ME, Berger DS, O'Neill K. Malpractice litigation surrounding in vitro fertilization in the United States: a legal literature review. Fertil Steril. 2023 Apr;119(4):572-580. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.12.038. Epub 2022 Dec 27.
Murphy A, Lapczynski MS, Proctor G Jr, Glynn TR, Domar AD, Gameiro S, Palmer GA, Collins MG. Comparison of embryologist stress, somatization, and burnout reported by embryologists working in UK HFEA-licensed ART/IVF clinics and USA ART/IVF clinics. Hum Reprod. 2024 Oct 1;39(10):2297-2304. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deae191.
Related Links
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The Human Fertilisation \& Embryology Authority. Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures. UK statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation. May 2021.
The Human Fertilisation \& Embryology Authority. How we regulate
The Human Fertilisation \& Embryology Authority. The Code of practice. 9th Edition. 2021.
The Human Fertilisation \& Embryology Authority. State of the fertility sector 2019/2020. November 2020.
Embryologist burnout: physical and psychological symptoms and occupational challenges currently reported by U.S. embryologists
Working with fatigue: assessment of cryomanagement conditions in IVF biorepositories
A Pragmatic Approach for Organizations to Measure Health Care Professional Well-Being
Other Identifiers
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Pro00062375-2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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