COMPRESSED - A Longitudinal Study of Compressed Work Schedules Within the Health, Care and Welfare Services

NCT ID: NCT05784324

Last Updated: 2023-03-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

700000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-01

Study Completion Date

2027-12-12

Brief Summary

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The aim of COMPRESSED is to investigate the potential consequences of a compressed work schedule within the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Detailed Description

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The aim of COMPRESSED is to investigate the potential consequences of a compressed work schedule within the municipal health, care and welfare services.

A compressed work schedule is defined by an increase in numbers of hours per day, and a reduction of number of days per week. Compressed work schedules are advocated as a tool to reduce involuntary part-time contracts, and improve employee recruitment and retention, as well as improve employee health and quality of care.

However, the empirical support of such claims is limited, mixed, and suffers from several methodological shortcomings. There is a clear lack in studies investigating the potential moderating and mediating mechanisms, despite moderating variables such as shift intensity being likely to have an impact. In collaboration with unions and employers, COMPRESSED uses a longitudinal mixed method design, to investigate the short- and long-term consequences of compressed work schedules, as well as potential moderating and mediating variables. Each of the research questions will be addressed with complimentary methods in each of the work packages.

The project COMPRESSED will examine:

In-depth narrative interviews eliciting employees', employers', and patients'/users' own perceptions of consequences, moderators and mechanisms.

A retrospective intervention study using registry data, examining compressed work schedules implemented over the past 5 years.

A two year longitudinal survey looking at long-term effects and 4) a diary study across two weeks, looking at short-term effects.

Conditions

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The Focus of the Study is Shift Work

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services

All employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services. No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of their shift systems and potential outcomes.

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services 2

Employees within the municipal health, care and welfare services, replying to a survey. Sample is drawn by representative unions. No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of their shift systems and potential outcomes.

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention

Users of the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Users of the municipal health, care and welfare services.No internvention. We investigate the relationship between caracteristics of the shift systems worked and potential outcomes for users.

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention

Interventions

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No intervention

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employed within the municipal health, care and welfare services.

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Research Council of Norway

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Oslo

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Maastricht University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oslo Metropolitan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

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202316

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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