Exploring ProQOL, Health Status, Job Involvement and Turnover in Medical Professionals

December 21, 2017 updated by: Li-chi Huang, China Medical University Hospital

Exploring the Correlation of ProQOL, Health Status, Job Involvement, Intention to Stay and Turnover Behaviour in Medical Professionals

The study design is a cross-sectional study. Purposive sampling will be conducted in three hospitals in the central of Taiwan. The participants will include physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. The number of 550 participants will be recruited. The measurements are questionnaires include demographic data, professional quality of life scale (ProQOL), Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ), SF-36 and intention to stay questionnaire.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Medical and Nursing care is a high-pressure work environment. The charterer of medical and nursing care includes urgency of patients' problems, an unpredictable number of patients, and lack of medical professionals. This high-level of pressure working environment not only affects the persons' physical and mental health, increase turnover rate, but also might indirectly reduce the quality of care, even threaten the life of patients.

The purpose of this study is to explore the correlation between professional quality of life, health status, job involvement and intention to stay in medical professionals, and the predictive factors of intention to stay and turnover behavior.

The study design is a cross-sectional study. Purposive sampling will be conducted in three hospitals in the central of Taiwan. The participants will include physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses. The number of 550 participants will be recruited. The measurements are questionnaires include demographic data, professional quality of life scale (ProQOL), Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ), SF-36 and intention to stay questionnaire.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

550

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Medical professions who work in the hospital

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Aged over 20 years old
  2. Currently serving as a hospital care provider
  3. Job title as attending physician, resident, nurse practitioners, nurse
  4. Directly practicing in patients' care

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Medical Director
  2. Clinical Researcher

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Medical Professionals
no intervention, only questionnaire survey
Other: no intervention, only questionnaires survey
questionnaires survey
Other Names:
  • no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
professional quality of life scale
Time Frame: within past 30 days
Professional quality of life scale consists of compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout(BO), and secondary traumatic stress (compassion fatigue, CF)
within past 30 days
Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ)
Time Frame: within past 30 days
Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ) includes 4 items
within past 30 days
SF-36
Time Frame: within past 30 days
36 items
within past 30 days
intention to stay questionnaire
Time Frame: within past 30 days
6 items
within past 30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Li-Chi Huang, Associate Professor, Nursing school, China Medical Univerisity, Taiwan.

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

January 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 31, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 21, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

December 29, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 29, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2017

Last Verified

November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CRREC-106-085

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

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