Preventing Burnout Among Caregivers Through Physical Activity (PACA)

GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Burn Out

Treatments: Other: Intervention group with physical activity programme; Other: Recommendations of the World Health Organisation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06815484

2024-A02575-42

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of an adaptive physical activity programme to prevent the risk of burnout at the end of the programme (10 weeks after the start of the intervention).

Full description

The PACA trial is a pilot, prospective, comparative, randomised (2 arms), controlled, single-centre study.

The study population consisted of adult healthcare professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde with a low to moderate level of physical activity and no contraindications to physical activity.

Participants will be randomised into two arms (ratio 1:1):

• Arm A (intervention): Participants will benefit from an adaptive physical activity programme supervised by a physical activity professional over a 9-week period.
• Arm B (control): Participants will receive the recommendations of the world health organisation for physical activity.

Enrollment: 86 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years ;
• Non-physician health professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde ;
• Low or moderate level of physical activity, as assessed by the questionnaire International Physical Activity Questionnaire. In fact, work-related physical activity is not associated with a reduction in burnout ;
• Absence of serious chronic pathology incompatible with the physical activity of the protocol ;
• Willing and available to commit to the project for the duration of the study ;
• Using a personal smartphone or tablet and with an Internet connection ;
• Able to read, write and understand French ;
• Membership of a social security scheme.

Exclusion criteria

• High level of physical activity (not including work-related physical activity) ;
• Contraindication to physical activity (uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled heart disease...) ;
• Concurrent participation in another physical activity study ;
• Pregnant or likely to be pregnant ;
• Unable to be monitored for medical, social, family, geographical or psychological reasons for the duration of the study ;
• Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or adm inistrative decision, or adults protected by law.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group : adaptive physical activity programme

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will benefit from an adaptive physical activity programme supervised by a physical activity professional over a 9-week period. Participants will also receive the World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Treatment:

Other: Recommendations of the World Health Organisation

Other: Intervention group with physical activity programme

Control Group : recommendations on physical activity

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be given only the World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity. At the end of the 9-week intervention period, participants will have the opportunity to take part in a motivational interview with a physical activity professional to encourage regular physical activity.

Treatment:

Other: Recommendations of the World Health Organisation