Clinical trial NCT03657563: Improving Health of Nurses With Burnout Through Positive Psychological Intervention
Official title: An Evaluation of Positive Psychological Intervention on Improving Health of Nurses With Burnout
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Burnout
Lead sponsor: Central South University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-09-05
Enrollment: 87
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Burnout is usually regarded as a response to chronic professional stressors like high workload, unfavorable emotion and complex interpersonal relationships. A high prevalence of burnout was found in many countries, and large-scale studies also showed high levels of burnout in Chinese nurses. As a stress-related syndrome, burnout was found to have detrimental influences on both psychological and physical health of nurses. Psychological problems such as depression and insomnia are verified to be associated with burnout. Endocrine dysfunction such as abnormal cortisol secretion rhythm occurred in shift-work nurses. Thyroid dysfunction was increasing and a sample of nurses were diagnosed with thyroid nodules and thyroid hormonal disorder during annual physical examination. Therefore, it is important to take measures to alleviate nurses' burnout to improve health.

Positive psychological interventions are defined as treatment methods or intentional activities to enhance person's positive emotions, cognitions and behaviours. In these methods and activities, people are usually required to finish a systematic exercise. According to a recent meta-analysis, Positive psychological interventions showed effectiveness in enhancing participants' well-being and reducing depressive symptoms. Therefore, this study aims to explore whether positive psychological intervention could reduce burnout and improve health of nurses.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* officially employed licensed nurses; burnout score higher than 1.49; had a telephone on which WeChat could be installed.

Exclusion Criteria:

* pregnant; current endocrine disorder; taking hormone drugs such as contraceptives.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Burnout at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
measure: Change from Baseline Morning Plasma Cortisol at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
measure: Change from Baseline Thyroid Related Hormones at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Resilience at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
measure: Change from Baseline Coping at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
measure: Change from Baseline Self-efficacy at six months
timeFrame: The measurement was taken at baseline and six months.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Changsha
country: China
facility: Central South University
state: Hunan
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