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- Clinical Trial NCT03508596
STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland (STRAIN)
July 14, 2020 updated by: Sabine Hahn
The aim of this study is to identify work stressors, stress reactions and long-term consequences among nurses, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professions in Switzerland and to reduce those factors by an educational intervention for the supervisors.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional design and randomly selected hospitals, nursing homes and home care organizations.
The study sample included nursing staff and midwives, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professionals at all hierarchical levels.
Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analysed using multiple regression models.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
8112
Phase
- Not Applicable
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
18 years to 67 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Employee within a participating health organization in Switzerland
- Health care professional (nurse, medical-technical medical-therapeutical profession, physician)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Health professionals without an fixed employment contract
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
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention
Intervention group (IG) An educational intervention for the supervisors |
The educational intervention is based on a systematic literature review as well as focus-group interviews with health care professionals.
It will be developed until the end of 2018
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No Intervention: Control
control group (CG)
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No Intervention: Non-Intervention
group without intervention (GWI)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
effort reward imbalance model (ERI)
Time Frame: Changes in self reported results of the ERI from t1 to t2 (1 year)
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The model defines threatening job conditions as a "mismatch between high workload (high demand) and low control over long-term rewards"
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Changes in self reported results of the ERI from t1 to t2 (1 year)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Director: Sabine Hahn, Bern University of Applied Sciences Switzerland
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
January 1, 2017
Primary Completion (Actual)
June 1, 2018
Study Completion (Actual)
December 1, 2019
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
March 23, 2018
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
April 24, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
April 26, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
July 16, 2020
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
July 14, 2020
Last Verified
July 1, 2020
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- J.008137-42-PFLW
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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