Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

NCT ID: NCT05944120

Last Updated: 2025-07-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

443 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-06

Study Completion Date

2025-06-30

Brief Summary

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This Intervention study anticipates that 100 nurses, patient care technicians and unit secretaries in the acute care setting at four Methodist Health System facilities will provide surveys to participants who had interventions

Detailed Description

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Once the intervention has been used, the participants will complete a survey in order to determine if stress levels are decreasing. Initial data collection will be over the course of two months ( April 1, 2022 through June 1, 2022) and participation will vary based upon staffing and the set criteria for Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Conditions

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Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

As noted in the background, resiliency-building activities appear to have a positive relationship with managing stress in the workplace. Additionally, offering a variety of strategies is anticipated to increase the sample size and encourage continued use of the strategies over time.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Crisis Intervention Cart

To determine if a Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions does reduce stress experienced during a shift.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Aromatherapy patches

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

This study anticipates that Staff-reported stress levels will decrease when nurses use strategies from the Crisis Intervention Cart while at work.

Interventions

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Aromatherapy patches

This study anticipates that Staff-reported stress levels will decrease when nurses use strategies from the Crisis Intervention Cart while at work.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Other Intervention Names

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Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Part of MHS (i.e., MCMC, MMMC, MRMC, MDMC, MLMC, MSMC)
* The hospital has at least one Crisis Intervention Cart study clinical site investigator on-staff
* Hold license as a Registered Nurse OR
* Hold position as a patient care technician or unit secretary
* Must be able to read English
* Provide direct patient care or hold a unit-based leadership position (i.e., Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, Clinical Team Lead)
* Full-time, part-time, or PRN employee

Exclusion Criteria

* Hospitals and clinical units will be excluded if they are outside MHS
* Participants will be excluded if they at Director-level or above
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Methodist Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cheyenne Ruby, DNP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Methodist Health System

Locations

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Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Badu E, O'Brien AP, Mitchell R, Rubin M, James C, McNeil K, Nguyen K, Giles M. Workplace stress and resilience in the Australian nursing workforce: A comprehensive integrative review. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2020 Feb;29(1):5-34. doi: 10.1111/inm.12662.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31917519 (View on PubMed)

Labrague LJ, de Los Santos JAA. Resilience as a mediator between compassion fatigue, nurses' work outcomes, and quality of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Appl Nurs Res. 2021 Oct;61:151476. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151476. Epub 2021 Jul 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34544570 (View on PubMed)

Mintz-Binder R, Andersen S, Sweatt L, Song H. Exploring Strategies to Build Resiliency in Nurses During Work Hours. J Nurs Adm. 2021 Apr 1;51(4):185-191. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000996.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33734177 (View on PubMed)

Haddad LM, Annamaraju P, Toney-Butler TJ. Nursing Shortage. 2023 Feb 13. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493175/

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29630227 (View on PubMed)

Manomenidis G, Panagopoulou E, Montgomery A. Resilience in nursing: The role of internal and external factors. J Nurs Manag. 2019 Jan;27(1):172-178. doi: 10.1111/jonm.12662. Epub 2018 Jul 31.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30066352 (View on PubMed)

Restrepo J, Lemos M. Addressing psychosocial work-related stress interventions: A systematic review. Work. 2021;70(1):53-62. doi: 10.3233/WOR-213577.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34511476 (View on PubMed)

Velana M, Rinkenauer G. Individual-Level Interventions for Decreasing Job-Related Stress and Enhancing Coping Strategies Among Nurses: A Systematic Review. Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 19;12:708696. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708696. eCollection 2021.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34349711 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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006.NUR.2022.A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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