Social Workers of Elderly Care in Hungary

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In our Research the goal is to examine the level of stress and burnout among social care workers and their causes and effects after COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to examine the migration from work trend and its socio-demographic causes in the light of COVID-19 pandemic among social care workers in Hungary. We would like to analyze the extent of stress and burnout at work after COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the resulting turnover intentions in Hungary among social care workers. Our goal is to validate on hungarian population the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6), to measure fluctuation and migration.

Detailed Description
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A number of stress factors have been identified that affect nurses' burnout and job change, but there is little domestic research on the topic among social workers in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result of our research, we expect that higher fear of COVID-19 is associated with lower job satisfaction, increased workplace anxiety, burnout, and increased turnover intentions.

Official Title
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Social Workers of Elderly Care in Hungary- Investigation of Workplace Conditions- Workplace Stress, Burnout and Turnover Intention After the Covid-19 Pandemic

Conditions
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Stress, COVID-19, Burnout, Professional

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Social workers in Hungary, who are actively employed, 18 years of age or older working in the field of elderly care. Exclusion Criteria: people, who do not have an active employment currently have no job working online non-professional staff working in social care (eg. cleaning, maintenance)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Actively employed social workers in Hungary<br>Eligibility criteria: Social workers in Hungary, who are actively employed, 18 years of age or older, working in the field of elderly care. Exclusion criteria: people, who do not have an active employment; currently have no job; working online; non-professional staff working in social care (eg. cleaning, maintenance) | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social workers's stress, burnout and turnover intention | Measure the level of stress, burnout and turnover intention after COVID-19 Pandemic | Day 1 | 
| Social workers's stress, burnout and turnover intention | Validate on hungarian population the Turnover Intention Scale (TIS-6), to measure fluctuation and migration. The 6-question version of the TIS questionnaire evaluates the answers on a 5-point Likert Scale. The midpoint of the scale is 18 (3 x 6). If the total score is below 18 then the it indicates a desire to stay. If the scores are above 18 it indicates a desire to leave the organisation. The minimum a person can get is 6 (6 x 1) and the maximum is 30 (5 x 6). No item scores need to be reflected (reverse scored) for the TIS-6. | Day 1 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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social workers, stress, turnover, covid-19, burnout, hungarian social sector, validation of TIS