The Effects of "Workplace Health Promotion Program" on Pain, Fatigue, Stress in Nurses

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Work-Related Stress Disorder; Fatigue; Nurses; Pain

Treatments: Other: WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03908554

431-1271

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain, fatigue, and stress lead to decrease on their work performance with biopsychosocial functioning disorders on nurses. This study was conducted to examine the effects of the "Workplace Health Promotion Program" (WHPP) on pain, fatigue, stress, professional quality of life (Pro-QoL) and coping skills for nurses.

Full description

The investigators conducted a randomized control trail in 30 nurses admitted to their Hospital. Progressive relaxation training, posture and breath exercises and ergonomic suggestion as a WHPP was applied to the intervention group (n=15) during the five weeks. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to determine the pain, fatigue and stress levels of the nurses. Brief COPE and the Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 4 (Pro-QoL) were used to evaluate the coping skills and quality of life. The evaluations were performed three times on all the participants as; before and after training and the one-year follow-up.

Inclusion criteria of this study were working actively and at least 40 hours working in a week. Participants who have psychiatric illnesses with or without medication, prior training or current use of relaxation therapy and participants without consent were excluded.

Eighty nurses aged between 18 and 65, working in a hospital have been informed about the study. Forty-three nurses who met the criteria and signed consent forms were included in this study. WHPP was PMR training, posture and breath exercises, and ergonomic suggestions.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Working actively and at least 40 hours working in a week,
• Working as a nurse.

Exclusion criteria

• Have psychiatric illnesses with or without medication,
• Have prior training or current use of relaxation therapy and participants without consent.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The WHPP was applied to the intervention group in the workplace for two times a week for five weeks. During the first 5 minutes of the session, breathing exercises, 20 minutes, PMR and 10 minutes, posture exercises were performed. PMR has progressed gradually to every session. The program is under control with a follow-up chart of what the participants do every day, and the participants were supported with various reminders (i.e., graphical leaflets on PMR techniques which also can be used as a guide while practicing at home).

Treatment:

Other: WORKPLACE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants of the control group rested in a room for 40 minutes and were told that they could read every session.