The Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Triage Nurses (BurN_ED)

Sindromul de Burnout la asistenții Medicali de Triaj Din unitățile de Primire urgențe

Assessment of burnout syndrome of triage nurses from Emergency Departments from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Burnout, Professional; Nurse's Role
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; Other: Triage scoring efficacy

Detailed Description

This study is aiming at assessing the burnout syndrome amongst triage nurses working in the Emergency Departments in Cluj-Napoca. The study design is observational, prospective and multicentric.

At this moment, there are 43 nurses covering triage shifts in the Emergency Clincial County Hospital Cluj and 18 more within Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca. On average, these ED roughly attend 90.000 patients yearly.

Questionnaires are based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, with additional clinical cases that require triage coding according to The Romanian National Triage Protocol of 2016. Each triage nurse will complete the questionnaire when beginning the triage shift and after a period of 2, 4 or 6 hours.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 56

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Romania
  • Cluj
    • Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, 400001
      • Emergency County Hospital for Children
    • Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, 400554
      • Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj-Napoca - Emergency Department

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Emergency Department nurses from Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj and Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ED nurse within Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj and Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca.

Exclusion Criteria:

• triage experience of at least 1 year

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
2h assessment; The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2 hours.	Diagnostic test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours. The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.; Other: Triage scoring efficacy; The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).
4h assessment; The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 4 hours.	Diagnostic test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours. The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.; Other: Triage scoring efficacy; The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).
6h assessment; The assessment of the burnout syndrome will be carried out at the beginning of the triage shift and after 6 hours.	Diagnostic test: Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours. The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.; Other: Triage scoring efficacy; The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessment of burnout syndrome in triage ED nurses	Copenhagen Burnout Inventory	2 to 6 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Efficacy of triage ED nurses	The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the diagnostic codes of the physicians who treated those patients.	2 to 6 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
• Collaborators: County Clinical Emergency Hospital Cluj-Napoca

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 15, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 15, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): April 12, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 7, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2018
• Last Verified: August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nurse; Emergency Department; Triage; Burnout syndrome; Romania
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: 9253/11.04.2017

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No