Green Management Intervention Program For Nurse Managers

Effect of Green Management Intervention on Nurse Manager Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Green management is the organization-wide strategy that aims to integrate environmental sustainability development into organizational management procedures for maintaining safety and striving high quality of care. The study aimed to examine the effect of a randomized trial of a green management intervention program on nurse manager outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: green management intervention program

Detailed Description

Green management is the organization-wide strategy that aims to integrate environmental sustainability development into organizational management procedures for maintaining safety and striving for high-quality care. The study aimed to examine the effect of a randomized trial of a green management intervention program on nurse manager outcomes.

The study design was a randomized controlled trial using two-group pretest-posttest designs, according to Consort's 2010 statement. The study was conducted on 100 nurse managers in each intervention and comparison group at Alexandria University Hospitals. Data was collected from April 2023 to December 2023 using questionnaires of nurse managers' knowledge of green management and nurse manager outcomes. The researchers met the nurse managers to clarify the study objectives and reply to any questions and queries. The data were collected using self-administrated questionnaires related to the personal demographic characteristics of nurse managers, nurse managers' knowledge of green management and nurse manager outcomes. The data were collected during the implementation of the green management intervention program.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 200
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Marsa Matruh, Egypt, 002
    • Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Nurse managers

• Work in General wards, and critical and intensive care units.
• Willing to participate in the study.
• Sign informed consent.
• Have at least one year of experience.

Exclusion Criteria:

Nurse Managers

• Unwilling to participate in the study.
• Did not sign an informed consent.
• Absent from multiple training sessions or incompletely filled out the questionnaires.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: The intervention group; The intervention group received an intervention program.	Other: green management intervention program; The program activities focused on integrating green management concepts into both theory and practice learning
Other: Comparison group; The comparison group did not receive an intervention program.	Other: green management intervention program; The program activities focused on integrating green management concepts into both theory and practice learning

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Questionnaire to measure nurse managers' knowledge	Knowledge of 200 nurse managers as assessed using a binary scale (0= No, 1= Yes). Change in nurse managers' knowledge level in three months.	three months
Questionnaires to measure nurse manager outcomes	Nurse manager outcomes (green commitment, engagement, and citizenship behaviors, in addition to the practice of green health care activities) as assessed by a five- Likert scale (From 1= disagree strongly to 5= agree strongly). Change in nurse manager outcomes in six months.	six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Matrouh University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed Aly, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt; Study Director: Wael M. Lotfy, Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 19, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 19, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Randomization; Outcomes; Management; Green; Nurse Managers
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0306369

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