Clinical trial NCT04276922: Creative Arts Program to Reduce Burnout in Healthcare Professionals
Official title: Creative Arts Program to Reduce Burnout in Healthcare Professionals
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Burn-Out Syndrome
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Depression, Anxiety
Lead sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Endowment for the Arts, United States
First posted: 2020-02-19
Enrollment: 195
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study plans to learn if creative arts programs that include visual, musical, written, or physical expression can reduce symptoms of burnout syndrome, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety in critical care healthcare professionals. This study also explores if creative arts can enhance the connection to the purpose of work, the development of adequate coping skills, while providing time to connect with peers.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Employed as a healthcare provider, practicing primarily in a hospital setting for at least 20 hours per week.
* Positive symptoms of burnout measured via the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI):

  * emotional exhaustion score of \>17, or
  * depersonalization score of \>7, or
  * personal accomplishment score of \< 31.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unwillingness to participate in any of the four creative arts interventions.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Acceptability/Satisfaction of Intervention as assessed by Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) scores to yield a homogeneous estimate of general satisfaction.
timeFrame: At the end of 12 week intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in subject perception of intervention process scores as assessed by Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in subject perception of intervention process scores as assessed by Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in subject perception of intervention process scores as assessed by Maugeri Stress Index (MASI).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in perceived occupational stress as assessed by Medical Personnel Stress Survey (MPSS-R).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in perceived occupational stress as assessed by Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in perceived occupational stress as assessed by Turnover Intention Questionnaire (TIQ).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in level of psychological distress as measured by Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in level of psychological distress as measured by the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS).
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks
measure: Change in level of Burnout as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory.
timeFrame: Baseline and after 12 weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aurora
country: United States
facility: University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus
state: Colorado
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Colorado, Denver
name: Marc Moss, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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