Establishment of Sleep Quality, Physical and Mental Health and Occupational Burnout Management Model for Shift Nursing Staff and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness

Assistant Head Nurse (Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the personal characteristics and work characteristics of shift nurses and occupational burnout, sleep quality and physical and mental health. Use " acupressure " as an intervention to compare the status of shift nurses before and after intervention and to track after interventional therapy, 1, 2, and 3 months of longitudinal results.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Sleep Quality; Occupational Burnout
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: acupressure

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the personal characteristics and work characteristics of shift nurses and occupational burnout, sleep quality and physical and mental health. Use " acupressure " as an intervention to compare the status of shift nurses before and after intervention and to track after interventional therapy, 1, 2, and 3 months of longitudinal results. Use the "Smart Care VIP bracelet" to detect physical and mental conditions (psychological stress, physical fatigue) to assess the applicability of the Smart Care VIP bracelet as a "Shift Care Staff Sleep Quality, Physical and Mental Health and Occupational Burnout Management System" and evaluate effectiveness, and establishment of an effective management system.

Most studies in China have shown that the use of acupressure to improve the sleep quality of nursing staff generally has its efficacy, but the lack of research at proves that acupressure is used by nursing staff to improve sleep quality and improve occupational burnout. It is expected to be from May to December 2020. The nursing staff of a medical center in Taipei will be selected for stratified sampling. The conditions for receiving the case are shift nurses who have served in the institution for more than one year. Subjective sleep is assessed using Epworth sleepiness scale. The objective part is to use the "Smart Care VIP Bracelet" to measure sleep time; Chinese version of the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (CHQ-12) and occupational burnout scale questionnaire as a tool for discussion. It is planned to randomly assign shift nurses to 42 acupressure groups and control group (sham), and use activity record (Smart Care VIP bracelet) to monitor and record fatigue Index and stress changes.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 112
    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 22 years to 63 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Shift nursing staff who have been employed in this institution for more than one year, and there have been more than two shift types in the past year. Can fill out the questionnaire and agree to participate in this research and sign the consent form.
2. Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 > 1.5
3. Epworth sleepiness scale > 6.5 points

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Long-term (more than one month) taking sleeping pills such as Benzodiazepines, Stilnox, Imovane, etc.
2. Nursing staff in the same ward as the PI.
3. Encountered major life problems one month before the intervention, such as: falling out of love, family member's accident, personal diagnosis of illness, etc.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: DOUBLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: acupressure; Every day before going to sleep, massage acupoints for eight consecutive weeks, followed by Shenmen→Neiguan→Hegu acupoints.	Behavioral: acupressure; self-acupressure
SHAM_COMPARATOR: sham acupressure; Every day before going to sleep, massage acupoints for eight consecutive weeks, followed by Waiguan→Liangqiu→Tiaokou→ Chengshan acupoints	Behavioral: acupressure; self-acupressure

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
sleep quality	Epworth sleepiness scale(ESS)Epworth sleepiness Scale - Taiwan form (ESS-T): .The internal consistency of the scale Cronbach's α = .81, and then measured the reliability r = .74, p = .001. .The evaluation of the degree of drowsiness is expressed as a score of zero (never occurred) to three (almost all), with a total of 24 points. The higher the total score, the more severe the level of drowsiness. A zero score indicates the best situation.	3 months
Physical and Mental Health	Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (CHQ-12): The reliability and validity of Cronbach'α was 0.83-0.92 (Cheng et al., 1990) CHQ-12 has 12 questions in total, two of which are positive. Ten questions of which are negative. It is a self-reported four-point scale. It is score from 0-0-1-1, with a total score of 12 points.	3 months
Chinese version of the Occupational Burnout Inventory:	The occupational burnout inventory consists of four subscales with 21 questions. All subscales have a score range of 0-100 points. The scale is measured by the respondent self-assessed the frequency of various problems in the past week. The total scale score is the sum of all subscale scores, and the higher the score, the higher the worker's feeling of burnout. The four subscales in the scale include personal burnout (5 questions), work burnout (5 questions), overwork (5 questions) and client burnout (6 questions). The Cronbach'α of the scale is above 0.84, and the scale has good construction validity and standard validity (Chang et al., 2007; Tseng, & Cheng, 2002; Yeh, Cheng, Chen, & Chiu, 2008).	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Heart Rate Variability, HRV -「Smart Care VIP Bracelet Watch」	The "Smart Care VIP Bracelet Watch" worn on the subject's wrist for HRV monitoring to record changes in the individual's physical activity. The contents of the record include the total daily sleep time (hours), waking time (minutes), number of waking, physical and mental index (mental stress, physical burnout) and other data for each case. To obtain the heart rate variability index directly, which represents the low frequency (LF) (%) of the sympathetic nerve activity index. High frequency power (HF) (%) representing the parasympathetic nerve activity index, and low frequency / high frequency power ratio (LF / HF) representing the sympathetic / parasympathetic balance index.	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ming-Shan Jan, master, Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Cheng TA, Wu JT, Chong MY, Williams P. Internal consistency and factor structure of the Chinese Health Questionnaire. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1990 Oct;82(4):304-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb01389.x.
• Chang, Y.J., Yeh, W.Y., Chen, C.W., Chen, C.J., Shih, T.S., & Cheng, Y.W. (2007). Distribution and Correlates of Burnout among Paid Employees in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Public Health, 26(1), 75-87. doi:10.6288/TJPH2007-26-01-09
• Tseng, H.P., & Cheng, Y.W. (2002). Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Demand-Control-Support Model and Effort-Reward Imbalance Model Questionnaires: a Study Among Employees of the Microelectronic Industry. Taiwan Journal of Public Health, 21(6), 420-432. doi:10.6288/TJPH2002-21-06-05
• Yeh, W.Y., Cheng, Y.W., Chen, M.J., & Chiu, W.H. (2008). Development and validation of an occupational burnout inventory. Taiwan Journal of Public Health, 27(5), 349-364. doi: 10.6288/TJPH2008-27-05-01

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): June 8, 2020
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): August 28, 2020
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 9, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 16, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 11, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Sleep disturbances; acupressure; health status; HRV monitoring watch; shift rotation nurses; Occupational Burnout
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020-03-014BC

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