Effect of Nurse-Led Intervention Programme Professional Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Nurses

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Compassion Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Nurse led intervention group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03914898

3109-GOA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Nurses are at risk in terms of burnout and empathic fatigue. Therefore, efforts to protect the mental health of nurses are very important. It is stated that the studies conducted are mostly descriptive and not interventional.

In addition, the evidence levels of interventional studies are low.

Full description

Aim:The aim of this study is to reduce nurses' psychological distress, burnout and secondary trauma stress.

Design This single-blind randomized controlled trial design was used. Measurements were made before, after and 6 months after Participants and Settings The study was perform at a hospital in Turkey. Intervention program was applied in 4 week. 84 nurses meeting the criteria were invited to the program.48 nurses agreed to participate. Nurses were randomly assigned groups.

Sample Size the sample was calculated with the open epi program. The sample size was calculated as 20 per group.

Intervention The program was created to reduce nurses' psychological distress, and improve the professional quality of life.

The intervention programme were four sessions. The Intervention group was divided into two groups. Intervention were applied in a comfortable room in the hospital. Interventions were based on cognitive behavioral approach.

Outcome measures The outcomes were compassion fatigue, burnout and compassion satisfaction, psychological distress.

These variables were evaluated by the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL-IV). The GHQ-12 is a scale surveying psychological distress observed within the last few weeks.

Data collection Research data were collected before, immediately after, and six months after intervention.

Validity and reliability Measuring tools showing good psychometric properties were used to ensure validity and reliability. Volunteer participants were randomly assigned to groups, and the intention-to-treat approach was used for data analysis. The study has been reported in accordance with the CONSORT 2010 Statement principles.

Ethical considerations Permission was obtained from the relevant university, and written permission was obtained from the hospital. The participants were informed, all participants gave written consent.

Data analysis Mann Whitney U test, and Friedman analysis was used. All analyses were made on an intention-to-treat approach. Missing data were compensated for using the last observation method carried forward.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses who responded to the questionnaires received a score on compassion fatigue higher than the mean score (20 points)
• Nurses who worked at clinics and had at least six months of experience

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses who responded to the questionnaires received a score on compassion fatigue lower than the mean score (20 points)
• head nurses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Nurse led intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The program was four sessions; It took about 1.5-2 hours. The intervention group was divided into two groups. The author who administered the intervention previously led nurse support groups, is also an active educator in psychiatry and mental health nursing, and has training in cognitive behavioral therapy. The group sessions were based on cognitive restructuring techniques.

Treatment:

Other: Nurse led intervention group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was applied to the control group during the study.