The Effect of Breathing Exercises on Compassion Fatigue and Work Tress Among Emergency Department Nurses

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Work Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Breathing Exercise Training; Other: usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07359365

CanakkaleOMU-SBF-BAE-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to examine the effect of breathing exercises on compassion fatigue and work stress among emergency department nurses

Full description

"This study will be conducted with nurses working in the emergency department. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group receiving breathing exercise training or a control group. Data will be collected using a sociodemographic data form and validated scales measuring work stress and compassion fatigue. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of breathing exercises on work stress and compassion fatigue levels among emergency department nurses."

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently employed as an emergency department nurse.
• No diagnosed psychiatric disorders.
• No prior participation in breathing exercise programs.

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of respiratory system disease.
• Physical conditions that prevent participation in breathing exercises.
• Working outside the emergency department.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Breathing exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

32 nurses randomly assigned to the experimental group will receive breathing exercise training. Pre-test and post-test will be conducted to measure compassion fatigue and job stress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Breathing Exercise Training

control group

Other group

Description:

32 nurses randomly assigned to the control group will not receive breathing exercise training. Pre-test and post-test will be conducted to measure compassion fatigue and job stress.

Treatment:

Other: usual care