Preventing Burnout Among Caregivers Through Physical Activity

NCT ID: NCT06815484

Last Updated: 2025-03-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 86 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-12
• Study Completion Date: 2026-06-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of an adaptive physical activity programme to prevent the risk of burnout at the end of the programme (10 weeks after the start of the intervention).

Detailed Description

The PACA trial is a pilot, prospective, comparative, randomised (2 arms), controlled, single-centre study.

The study population consisted of adult healthcare professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde with a low to moderate level of physical activity and no contraindications to physical activity.

Participants will be randomised into two arms (ratio 1:1):

• Arm A (intervention): Participants will benefit from an adaptive physical activity programme supervised by a physical activity professional over a 9-week period.
• Arm B (control): Participants will receive the recommendations of the world health organisation for physical activity.

Conditions

Burn Out

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Intervention group : adaptive physical activity programme

Participants will benefit from an adaptive physical activity programme supervised by a physical activity professional over a 9-week period. Participants will also receive the World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group with physical activity programme

Intervention Type: OTHER

Programme comprising active breaks to be incorporated into daily life, supervised group physical activity sessions with personalised advice and a motivational interview with a physical activity professional to encourage regular physical activity.

Recommendations of the World Health Organisation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Control Group : recommendations on physical activity

Participants will be given only the World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity. At the end of the 9-week intervention period, participants will have the opportunity to take part in a motivational interview with a physical activity professional to encourage regular physical activity.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Recommendations of the World Health Organisation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Interventions

Intervention group with physical activity programme

Programme comprising active breaks to be incorporated into daily life, supervised group physical activity sessions with personalised advice and a motivational interview with a physical activity professional to encourage regular physical activity.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Recommendations of the World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age > 18 years ;
• Non-physician health professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde ;
• Low or moderate level of physical activity, as assessed by the questionnaire International Physical Activity Questionnaire. In fact, work-related physical activity is not associated with a reduction in burnout ;
• Absence of serious chronic pathology incompatible with the physical activity of the protocol ;
• Willing and available to commit to the project for the duration of the study ;
• Using a personal smartphone or tablet and with an Internet connection ;
• Able to read, write and understand French ;
• Membership of a social security scheme.

Exclusion Criteria

• High level of physical activity (not including work-related physical activity) ;
• Contraindication to physical activity (uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled heart disease...) ;
• Concurrent participation in another physical activity study ;
• Pregnant or likely to be pregnant ;
• Unable to be monitored for medical, social, family, geographical or psychological reasons for the duration of the study ;
• Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or adm inistrative decision, or adults protected by law.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Euraxi Pharma

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Clinique de la Sauvegarde

Lyon, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Thomas LANZ, MD

Role: CONTACT

lanzthomas@gmail.com

472172626 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

Thomas LANZ, MD

Role: primary

lanzthomas@gmail.com

472172626 ext. +33

Other Identifiers

2024-A02575-42

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id